ButorWiki vs. WikkaWiki vs. wxWikiServer vs. Zwiki

General Features ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
Version
2.2.1
1.4.2
1.5.11c
0.61
Last Release Date
2007-03-09 (19 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
Aiman Sawan
Wikka Development Team
Ryan Norton
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
GPL
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
GPLv2
Programming Language
Java
PHP
C++
Python
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
NA
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
SMB
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
End users/Desktop
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
Operating System
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
any (platform-independent)
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
built-in
Zope
Other Requirements
Tomcat 4.1 +
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
Yes
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
No
No
Unknown
Other
No
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
None
Active Directory (patch)
unknown
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Patch
Development/Support ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
42 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
0
1
English
0
Email notification
Optional
Patch
No
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Categories
Optional
Yes
No
No
Namespaces
Optional
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Links ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Patch
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Optional
Scripting
Internal Macros
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
no
DTML
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
Section Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Statistics ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Patch
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Analysis
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Output ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Patch
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
No
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
Filenames only
Extras ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ButorWiki WikkaWiki wxWikiServer Zwiki
Internal Link
<a href="..."></a>
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
<a href="..."></a>
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
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..
Headlines
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
...
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
<b>Bold</b>
**bold**
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
<i>Italics</i>
//italic//
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
<u>Underline</u>
__underlined__
Monospace Format
##monospaced##
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
++Strike through text++
Superscript Format
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
Subscript Format
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
Images
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
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
(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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