ButorWiki vs. Wiki CSharp .NET vs. WikkaWiki vs. wxWikiServer

General Features ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
Version
2.2.1
0.4.2
1.4.2
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2007-03-09 (19 years ago)
2009-12-31 (16 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
2010-04-07 (15 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
Author
Aiman Sawan
Pier-Luc Duchaine
Wikka Development Team
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
GPL V3
GPL
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
Java
C# (Full), PHP (Viewer)
PHP
C++
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
NA
Development status
Mature
Pre-Alpha
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
SMB
Private, small and big team
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
End users/Desktop
System Requirements ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
Operating System
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
Windows
any (platform-independent)
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
built-in
Other Requirements
Tomcat 4.1 +
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
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
No
Other
No
Security/Anti-Spam ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
None
Active Directory (patch)
unknown
Host Blocking
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Blacklist
Unknown
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
No
Development/Support ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
42 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
No
Special Features ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
0
1
English
Email notification
Optional
Unknown
Patch
No
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
Namespaces
Optional
Unknown
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Links ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
CamelCase
No
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Unknown
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Features ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
All
All
Some
All
Math formulas
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
Custom styles
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
Internal Macros
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
no
Content Includes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Usability ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
Section Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
No
Unknown
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Statistics ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Analysis
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Output ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Patch
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Unknown
No
No
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
Extras ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples ButorWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki wxWikiServer
Internal Link
<a href="..."></a>
[Internal]
[[Internal][Displayed text]]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
External Link
<a href="..."></a>
[http://...]
[[http://...][Displayed text]]
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
...
+Header1
++Header2
+++Header3
++++Header4
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
<b>Bold</b>
*Bold*
**bold**
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
<i>Italics</i>
=Italic=
//italic//
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
<u>Underline</u>
_Underline_
__underlined__
Monospace Format
[|Monospace formate|]
##monospaced##
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
-Strike-
++Strike through text++
Superscript Format
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
Subscript Format
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
Images
[$Image file$]
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
Aligning Text
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
] centred text
Text Indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
-list1
--list2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
#list1
##list2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
Definition Lists
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Horizontal Rule
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