Instiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Wiki-Toolkit vs. wxWikiServer

General Features Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Version
0.30.0
6.2.1
0.72
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
2006-08-31 (19 years ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
2006-12-05 (19 years ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
WackoWiki Team
Dominic Hargreaves
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
BSD
GPL/Artistic
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
PHP
Perl
C++
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Wiki Developers
End users/Desktop
System Requirements Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
OS Independent
Anything that runs Perl
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Anything with CGI support
built-in
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Text Files
No
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Plugin Interface
unknown
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki-toolkit on irc.perl.org
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Preview
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
No
Special Features Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
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
0
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Links Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
All
All
All
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Unknown
No
Scripting
None
actions (PHP)
no
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Usability Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Section Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Unknown
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Statistics Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Output Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Unknown
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
No
Extras Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
No
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
//italics//
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
__underline__
Monospace Format
`monospace`
##monospace##
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
] centred text
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
one
two
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
Definition Lists
term
: definition
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
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