CanvasWiki vs. WikiNi vs. WackoWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Hatta

General Features CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Version
1.2.101
0.5.0
6.3.0
2.67
1.6.6
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (20 years ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
WackoWiki Team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Radomir Dopieralski
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
GPL
BSD
GPL
GPL v2
Programming Language
ColdFusion
PHP
PHP
Perl
Python
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
End Users/Desktop, Education
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Anyone
System Requirements CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
OS Independent
Any
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any, or none
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
mod_rewrite (optional)
Mercurial
Datastorage CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Text Files
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Yes
Other
Access, SQL Server
MariaDB
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
n/a
Host Blocking
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
No
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Patch
Yes
No
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Development/Support CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Preview
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
0
1
French
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
Email notification
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Links CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Features CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Optional
None
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Section Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
Unknown
Patch
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
Output CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
File Attachments
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki Hatta
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[internal]]
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
External Link
[[ ]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
Headlines
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
Bold Format
** **
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
// //
//italics//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
Underline Format
__ __
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
n/a
Monospace Format
## ##
##monospace##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{verbatim}}}
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
n/a
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
n/a
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
n/a
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
n/a
Text Indentation
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
one
two
n/a
Bulleted Lists
-
-
-
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* list
** sublist
Numbered Lists
1)
1)
1)
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
n/a
Definition Lists
{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>
n/a
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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