ProWiki vs. Instiki vs. Corendal Wiki vs. Oddmuse

General Features ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
Version
2.0.045
0.30.0
3.0.2
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2006-10-13 (17 years ago)
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2010-04-22 (14 years ago)
2018-09-03 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (14 years ago)
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2010-04-23 (14 years ago)
2018-10-27 (5 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Thierry Danard
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Ruby's
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Ruby on Rails
Java
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
general, education
Corporate
family people, hackers
System Requirements ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
Operating System
Unix / Linux
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Unix / Windows
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Apache Tomcat, Oracle Application Server
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
none
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Java 5.0
Writable data directory
Datastorage ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
Text Files
Yes
No
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
No
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Active Directory or Local Accounts
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
478 ⭐
N/A
67 ⭐
Common Features ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
1
English
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Comments
No
No
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Structured Data
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Links ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
No
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
HTML Tags
Some
All
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
None
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
No
Yes
Usability ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
Yes
No
No
No
Output ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
No
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Filenames only
Extras ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
Calendar
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
No
No
No
No
Blogs
Yes
No
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ProWiki Instiki Corendal Wiki Oddmuse
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
[another site](http://example.com)
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Headlines
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**bold**
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italic''
_italic_, *italic*
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
`monospace`
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
no example known
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
; term: definition
term
: definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
***
Depending on plugins:
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