ikiwiki vs. MoasdaWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features ikiwiki MoasdaWiki WackoWiki
Version
2.67
3.9.1
6.3.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Herbert Reiter
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
AGPL-3.0-only
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
Java
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
personal usage, small teams
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements ikiwiki MoasdaWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Any
Any platform with Java VM 17+
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Built-in
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Java VM 17+
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage ikiwiki MoasdaWiki 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
Yes
No
No
Other
No
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki MoasdaWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
N/A
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Optional
nofollow
No
No
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki MoasdaWiki 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 ikiwiki MoasdaWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki MoasdaWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
2
German, English
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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
Email notification
Yes
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Links ikiwiki MoasdaWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
No
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki MoasdaWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability ikiwiki MoasdaWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics ikiwiki MoasdaWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output ikiwiki MoasdaWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
No
Patch
Media and Files ikiwiki MoasdaWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras ikiwiki MoasdaWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
No
Optional
Blogs
Yes
No
Optional
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Patch
Syntax Examples ikiwiki MoasdaWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

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

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
{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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