Foswiki vs. MediaWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. PhpWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Wicked

General Features Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Version
2.1.11
1.45.3
2.3.13
phpwiki-1.3.14
6.2.1
2.0.8
Last Release Date
2026-03-15 (2 months ago)
2025-12-04 (6 months ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2026-03-03 (3 months ago)
2017-09-21 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-15 (2 months ago)
2026-06-03 (6 days ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2026-04-25 (1 month ago)
2018-10-15 (7 years ago)
Author
Foswiki Community
Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, and others.
Alex Schroeder
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
WackoWiki Team
The Horde Project
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
BSD
GPL 2
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Perl
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
End Users/Desktop, Education
family people, hackers
Any
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
*nix, Windows, Mac OS X
Anything supported by Perl
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Any with PHP support
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
none
Writable data directory
various opt. helpers
mod_rewrite (optional)
Text_Wiki from PEAR
Datastorage Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Other
caching of content into database using plugins
No
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
MariaDB
None
Security/Anti-Spam Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Yes
None (use your web server instead)
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
25 different backends
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
No
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
118 ⭐
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
54 ⭐
1 ⭐
Common Features Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
140
Afar, Abkhazian, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bihari, Bislama, Bengali; Bangla, Tibetan, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Bhutani, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Fiji, Faroese, French, Frisian, Irish, Scots Gaelic, Galician, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Interlingue, Inupiak, Icelandic, Italian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Greenlandic, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kashmiri, Kurdish, Kirghiz, Latin, Lingala, Laothian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Maori, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Moldavian, Marathi, Malay, Maltese, Burmese, Nauru, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Oriya, Punjabi, Polish, Pashto, Pushto, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Kirundi, Romanian, Russian, Kinyarwanda, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sangho, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Samoan, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Serbian, Siswati, Sesotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Tajik, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkmen, Tagalog, Setswana, Tonga, Turkish, Tsonga, Tatar, Twi, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Volapuk, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zhuang, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Zulu
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
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
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Flat
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
No
Links Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
CamelCase
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
HTML Tags
All
Some
Plugin
Some
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Patch
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Optional
Perl
plugins, templates, PHP
actions (PHP)
No
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Usability Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
Office Export
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Patch
No
Media and Files Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
Filenames only
No
Contents
No
Extras Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
No
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
No
Optional
Chat
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Patch
No
Syntax Examples Foswiki MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
External Link
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
[http://example.org The title]
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
+ Level 1 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
_italic_
''italic''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italics//
//italics//
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
@@+++ underline @@
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
<tt>monospace</tt>
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


##monospace##
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<s>strikethrough</s>
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
@@--- strikethrough @@
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
<sub>below</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
[[Image:wiki.png]]
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
<center>Centered</center>
no example known
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
: indented line
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* one
** two
* list
or
- list
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# list
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
; term : definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Term:<def>
def
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
Horizontal Rule
---
----
Depending on plugins:
----
----
----
----
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