Anwiki vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. WackoWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Version
0.2.5
0.12.0
6.2.0
2.67
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
legolas558
WackoWiki Team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
GPLv2
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
JavaScript
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
Advanced End Users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Anyone
System Requirements Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
OS Independent (Browser Application)
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any, or none
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
No
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Yes
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Supports per-page AES encryption
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
2
English, Italian
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
No
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Links Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
All
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
No
Statistics Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Output Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
No
No
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[[WoaS test page]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[internal]]
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
*bold text*
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
/italics text/
//italics//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
_underlined text_
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
##monospace##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
<img src=""/>
[[Image::woas.png]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
one
two
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
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----
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***
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove Anwiki remove Wiki on a Stick remove WackoWiki remove ikiwiki