Zim vs. Wiki.js

General Features Zim Wiki.js
Version
0.56
2.5.299
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2023-06-03 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2023-07-30 (3 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
Nicolas Giard
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
AGPL-v3
Programming Language
Python
Javascript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files, other, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small teams
Everyone
System Requirements Zim Wiki.js
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
All
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
None
All
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Node.js
Datastorage Zim Wiki.js
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Optional
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Zim Wiki.js
Page Permissions
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
File permissions
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Development/Support Zim Wiki.js
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features Zim Wiki.js
Preview
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features Zim Wiki.js
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
No
Comments
No
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
No
Links Zim Wiki.js
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
No
Syntax Features Zim Wiki.js
HTML Tags
None
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
None
JS, CSS
Content Includes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Usability Zim Wiki.js
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Optional
Statistics Zim Wiki.js
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
Optional
Output Zim Wiki.js
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
No
Media and Files Zim Wiki.js
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras Zim Wiki.js
Calendar
Yes
No
Image Galleries
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
No
Forums
No
No
Blogs
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Zim Wiki.js
Internal Link
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
External Link
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
Headlines
=== Heading ===
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
Bold Format
**bold**
**Bold Text**
Italics Format
//italic//
*Italic Text*
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>Underline Text</u>
Monospace Format
``monospace``
`Monospace Code`
Strikethrough Format
~~strike~~
~~Strikethrough Text~~
Superscript Format
^{sup}
^Superscript Text^
Subscript Format
_{sub}
~Subscript Text~
Images
{{./image.png}}
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
not implemented
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
Numbered Lists
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
Definition Lists
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
not implemented
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