Git-Wiki vs. ProWiki vs. MoasdaWiki vs. Zim vs. ikiwiki vs. mobiki

General Features Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
Version
1.0
2.0.045
3.9.1
0.56
2.67
2016-06-26
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2016-06-26 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2016-06-26 (10 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Herbert Reiter
Jaap Karssenberg
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Martin D�ring
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
GPL
AGPL-3.0-only
GPL
GPL
MIT
Programming Language
Ruby
Perl
Java
Python
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
RCS
Files
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
personal usage, small teams
Private users, small teams
Anyone
Text centric websites and mobile use
System Requirements Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
Operating System
*nix
Unix / Linux
Any platform with Java VM 17+
Linux, Windows, OSX
Any
any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Built-in
None
Any, or none
any
Other Requirements
Ruby
none
Java VM 17+
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
PHP 5.4+
Datastorage Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Other
Git
No
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
N/A
File permissions
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
2
German, English
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
1
English
0
Email notification
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
No
No
No
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
No
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Links Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Features Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
All
None
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
none
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
No
Quoting
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
JavaScript
None
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Statistics Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Output Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
No
Filenames only
No
Extras Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki Zim ikiwiki mobiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[internal]]
[Internal Link]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[link text](http://example.org)
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
=== Heading ===
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
''bold''
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
##italic##
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
__underlined__
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
n/a
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<tt>monospace</tt>
@@monospace font@@
``monospace``
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
n/a
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
[[strike]strikethrough text]
~~striked through~~
~~strike~~
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
n/a
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>text</sup>
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
^{sup}
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
n/a
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>text</sub>
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
_{sub}
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
n/a
Images
{{Image.png}}
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
{{image:wiki.png}}
{{./image.png}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
{{center}}centered text
not implemented
___
aligned text
___
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
indent with tabs
n/a
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# numbered list
## numbered list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
Definition Lists
; term: definition
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
not implemented
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
n/a
Horizontal Rule
----
----
----
not implemented
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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