Wiki CSharp .NET vs. Zwiki vs. GWiki vs. Zim

General Features Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
Version
0.4.2
0.61
2.4.0
0.56
Last Release Date
2009-12-30 (14 years ago)
2008-10-27 (15 years ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
2012-04-01 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-07 (14 years ago)
2008-10-30 (15 years ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
2012-07-16 (11 years ago)
Author
Pier-Luc Duchaine
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
Roger Rene Kommer
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL V3
GPLv2
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
C# (Full), PHP (Viewer)
Python
Java
Python
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database, Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
0
Development status
Pre-Alpha
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, small and big team
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Private users, small teams
System Requirements Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
Operating System
Windows
any
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Zope
All Java Servlet Container, included
None
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
Text Files
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Unknown
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
No
RCS
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Other
ZODB (zope object database)
Google Datastore
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Internal and external with adapter
File permissions
Host Blocking
No
Patch
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
No
No
Development/Support Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
4 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
0
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
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Threaded
No
Categories
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Links Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
CamelCase
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Features Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
None
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Patch
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Footnotes
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Scripting
DTML
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
None
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Usability Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
Section Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Patch
No
Yes
Toolbar
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
No
Output Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
No
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Unknown
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
File Attachments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki CSharp .NET Zwiki GWiki Zim
Internal Link
[Internal]
[[Internal][Displayed text]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
[http://...]
[[http://...][Displayed text]]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
[http://example.com]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
+Header1
++Header2
+++Header3
++++Header4
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
*Bold*
*Bold Format*
**bold**
Italics Format
=Italic=
_Italic format_
//italic//
Underline Format
_Underline_
+Unterlined+
__underline__
Monospace Format
[|Monospace formate|]
{{Monospace}}
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
-Strike-
-StrikeThrough-
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
_{sub}
Images
[$Image file$]
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
not implemented
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
-list1
--list2
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
#list1
##list2
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
___
----
not implemented
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