ConnectedText vs. DokuWiki vs. Instiki vs. Foswiki vs. MediaWiki vs. Confluence

General Features ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
Version
5.0.0.1
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
0.30.0
2.1.8
1.32.2
5.2
Last Release Date
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2023-08-05 (8 months ago)
2019-06-05 (4 years ago)
2013-08-12 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-02-19 (5 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2023-10-16 (6 months ago)
2019-06-21 (4 years ago)
2013-08-22 (10 years ago)
Author
Eduardo Mauro
Andreas Gohr
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Foswiki Community
Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, and others.
Atlassian
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
License
Commercial
GPL 2
Ruby's
GPL
GPL
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
Programming Language
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
PHP
Ruby on Rails
Perl
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
Files, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
39,95
0
0
$0
0
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
personal, small to medium companies
general, education
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
End Users/Desktop, Education
Enterprise + Technical Teams
Hosting Features ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Optional
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
System Requirements ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
Operating System
Windows
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
*nix, Windows, Mac OS X
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
No need
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Any with PHP support
Apache Tomcat
Other Requirements
none
Ruby 2.0-2.6
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
none
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
Datastorage ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Firebird
None
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
caching of content into database using plugins
No
Security/Anti-Spam ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
No need
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Yes
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Optional
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
3582 ⭐
478 ⭐
97 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
140
Afar, Abkhazian, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bihari, Bislama, Bengali; Bangla, Tibetan, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Bhutani, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Fiji, Faroese, French, Frisian, Irish, Scots Gaelic, Galician, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Interlingue, Inupiak, Icelandic, Italian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Greenlandic, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kashmiri, Kurdish, Kirghiz, Latin, Lingala, Laothian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Maori, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Moldavian, Marathi, Malay, Maltese, Burmese, Nauru, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Oriya, Punjabi, Polish, Pashto, Pushto, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Kirundi, Romanian, Russian, Kinyarwanda, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sangho, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Samoan, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Serbian, Siswati, Sesotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Tajik, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkmen, Tagalog, Setswana, Tonga, Turkish, Tsonga, Tatar, Twi, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Volapuk, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zhuang, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Zulu
15
Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Links ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
CamelCase
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
Yes
Optional, PHP
None
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Optional
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Output ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Contents
Keywords
Contents
Extras ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ConnectedText DokuWiki Instiki Foswiki MediaWiki Confluence
Internal Link
[[wiki page]]
[[wiki page|Title]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[Page Title]
[Link Title|Page Title#anchor]
[~username]
[^attachment.doc]
External Link
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
[another site](http://example.com)
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
[http://example.org The title]
[http://www.example.com]
[Link Title|http://www.example.com]
[Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki]
Headlines
= Head1 =
== Head 2 ==
=== Head 3 ====
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
h1. Top Level Heading
h2. Smaller Heading
h6. Smallest Heading
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
**bold**
*bold*
'''bold'''
*bold*
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
_italic_, *italic*
_italic_
''italic''
_italics_
Underline Format
__Underline__
__underlined__
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
<u>underline</u>
<u>underlined</u>
+underline+
Monospace Format
{{{Monospace}}}
''monospace''
`monospace`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--Strikethrough--
<del>strikethrough</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<s>strikethrough</s>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
^^Superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
vvSubscriptvv
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
~subscript~
Images
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]]
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
~~Centered text~~
Plugin
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
: First level of indenting
:: Second level
N/A
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* First item
* Seconditem
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* one
** one-two
* two
* three
Numbered Lists
1. First item
1. Second item
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# one
## one-two
# two
# three
Definition Lists
;Term:Definition
Plugin
term
: definition
$ Term: Definition
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
***
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