iKnow - a tiny wiki vs. GWiki vs. XWiki vs. XoWiki vs. ProntoWiki

General Features iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
Version
1.2
2.4.0
16.3.0
0.113
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2011-02-09 (13 years ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
2024-04-29 (4 days ago)
2009-02-16 (15 years ago)
2024-05-02 (1 day ago)
Last Update here
2011-02-11 (13 years ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
2024-04-30 (3 days ago)
2009-03-13 (15 years ago)
2006-08-23 (17 years ago)
Author
CodeBrewery
Roger Rene Kommer
XWiki Development Team
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)
Apache License, Version 2.0
LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
ASP.Net MVC 3 (C# with Razor view engine)
Java
Java
XOTcl and Tcl
C#
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Database, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free
Free
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everyone in need of a (really) tiny wiki or a internal knowledge database
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
large and small organizations as well as individuals
Hosting Features iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
System Requirements iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
Operating System
Windows Server 2008 +
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Any platform supporting Java 11 or greater
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
IIS 7.0 +
All Java Servlet Container, included
Servlet 3.1+
AOLServer
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
ASP.Net MVC 3, WebMatrix
Java 1.8+
Java 11, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Oracle
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
SQLite
No
No
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Other
Microsoft SQL Server
Google Datastore
JDBC Databases and in general any database supported by Hibernate; any custom implementation, as the storage is pluggable. Attachments can be saved on the filesystem
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
OpenID
Internal and external with adapter
XWiki, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Development/Support iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
2
German, English
40
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
3
German, English, Spanish
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
Threaded
Threaded
Threaded
No
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
CamelCase
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
All
Some
Some
Math formulas
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
none
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Footnotes
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
Yes
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Usability iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
Section Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
No
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Statistics iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
No
Output iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
No
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
XML export
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Contents
Extras iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples iKnow - a tiny wiki GWiki XWiki XoWiki ProntoWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
XWiki supports 16+ input syntaxes (e.g. confluence, twiki, docbook, mediawiki, xwiki, markdown, etc), see http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#HSupportedSyntaxes for details.

The syntax documented below is XWiki Syntax 2.1 (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax).

[[wiki syntax here>>Space.Page]]
[[Space.Page]]
(Space is optional and is the current space if not specified)
[pagename]
External Link
<a href="http://www.google.ch">ExternalLink</a>
[http://example.com]
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]]
http://www.xwiki.com
{title|url}
Headlines
<h1>Headline</h1>
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
= Headline
== Subheadline
=== Sub-subheadline
==== etc..
!, !!, !!!
Bold Format
<b>Bold</b>
*Bold Format*
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
<i>Italic</i>
_Italic format_
//Italics//
''italics''
Underline Format
<u>Underline</u>
+Unterlined+
__underline__
__under__
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
--Strike--
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
^^superscript^^
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
,,subscript,,
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
image:img.png
image:Space.Page@img.png
[[image:img.png||width="25" height="25"]]
image:http://some/url/img.png

Starting with the xwiki/2.1 syntax, also:
image:icon:cancel
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
(% style="... css here..." %)Text
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Non-semantic text indentation through styling:

(% style="... css here..." %)multi line text

Quotes:

> This is a quoted text
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* List
** list
*** list
+
++
+++
++++
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. Item 1
11. Item 2
111. Item 3
1. Item 4
#
##
###
####
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
; term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
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