Instiki vs. PhpWiki vs. WikiASP

General Features Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Version
0.30.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.6.2
Last Release Date
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2005-10-12 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2006-08-26 (17 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Elrey Ronald V.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
GPL
FREE
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
PHP
ASP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
general, education
Any
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
System Requirements Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
IIS
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
various opt. helpers
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
Datastorage Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Unknown
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Oracle
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
Unknown
RCS
No
Yes
Unknown
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
MS Access DB
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Development/Support Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
478 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Preview
No
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Patch
Unknown
Links Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Unknown
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Unknown
Image Links
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
HTML Tags
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Yes
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Unknown
Scripting
None
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Section Editing
No
No
Unknown
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
Unknown
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Unknown
Output Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Patch
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Yes
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Calendar
No
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''The quotation''
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`monospace`
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<space char here>This is mono
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
<strike>striked through</strike>
_This is Strike Through_
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* Test
* Bullets
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
# list
1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

Definition Lists
term
: definition
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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