ikiwiki vs Wikidot
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| Figure | ikiwiki | Wikidot |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $4.16/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 7 |
| Spec score · Wiki Software | 8.5 (#8) | 8.7 (#5) |
| Spec score · Knowledge base software | 8.0 (#82) | 8.9 (#11) |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Customization | Templates, CSS, and themes can be used to change the appearance and layout of generated pages. | Users can apply category-specific or site-wide CSS themes, custom layouts, favicons and meta tags. |
| Intended users | Its setup guide describes creating a wiki or blog and notes that advanced users may prefer a manual setup. | Wikidot describes its plans as serving casual users, professionals, and small businesses, and says the service can be used for personal sites, company websites, portals, and community forums. |
| Security | The project advises that public or multi-user editing requires attention to security risks, and provides configuration-specific security guidance. | Wikidot says sensitive pages use HTTPS with at least 128-bit SSL certificates and describes measures against unauthorized access. |
| Support | The project provides a forum, bug tracker, TODO list, and discussion pages, and says developers monitor RecentChanges and respond in a timely fashion. | First-line help is provided through the community FAQ, multilingual Handbook and forum, with email escalation. |
| Version history | Yes | Yes |
| What it does | ikiwiki is a wiki compiler that turns wiki pages into HTML pages for publishing on a website. | Wikidot provides hosted wiki-based websites for publishing, document sharing, collaboration and communities. |
Plans
Wikidot
- Free accountFree
- Community SiteFree
- Pro Lite account$49.90 a year
- Additional slots$59.90 a year
- Pro account$119.90 a year
- Pro+ account$239.90 a year
- Pro Plus account$239.90 a year
In their own words
ikiwiki
ikiwiki is free, open-source software that compiles wiki pages into HTML for publication as a website. It builds a static site and regenerates pages when their source changes. Page history can be kept in Git, Subversion, or another revision-control setup, although a revision system is optional. Markdown is the default markup, while plugins can add WikiText, HTML, reStructuredText, and Textile. Any page can function as a blog and produce RSS or Atom feeds. Plugins provide much of the system, including markup, directives, revision-control backends, and CGI capabilities. Templates, CSS, and themes control generated appearance. Optional web editing supports registration, several authentication methods, and configurable edit permissions. Xapian can add full-text search. Packages are listed for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, BSD, openSUSE, Arch, Homebrew, and Guix. ikiwiki supports Linux, macOS, self-hosting, and web use, with custom domains, SSO, and version history listed.