Zim vs. Wiki.js vs. WikyBlog

General Features Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
Version
0.56
2.5.299
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2023-06-03 (3 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2023-07-30 (3 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
Nicolas Giard
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
AGPL-v3
GPL
Programming Language
Python
Javascript
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files, other, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small teams
Everyone
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
All
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
None
All
Apache, anything with PHP
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Node.js
MySQL
Datastorage Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Optional
No
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
File permissions
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
No
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
Development/Support Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
28680 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
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
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
No
No
No
Comments
No
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Unknown
Structured Data
No
No
Unknown
Links Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Features Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
HTML Tags
None
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
None
JS, CSS
No
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
No
Usability Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Optional
Yes
Statistics Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Optional
No
Output Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
Calendar
Yes
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Zim Wiki.js WikyBlog
Internal Link
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
=== Heading ===
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
**bold**
**Bold Text**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
*Italic Text*
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>Underline Text</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
``monospace``
`Monospace Code`
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
~~strike~~
~~Strikethrough Text~~
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^{sup}
^Superscript Text^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
_{sub}
~Subscript Text~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
{{./image.png}}
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
not implemented
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
not implemented
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
not implemented
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