Friki vs. ikiwiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Version
2.1.1
2.67
6.2.1
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2026-03-03 (29 days ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2026-03-03 (29 days ago)
Author
Frank Carver
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Java
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
Anyone
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
Any, or none
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Optional
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
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
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Links Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
Optional
Yes
No
Textile Support
Optional
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Friki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
'''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italics//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
monospace
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

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

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
:        indented
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* first
* second
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
1. first
1. second
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
title:        description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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