MojoMojo vs. DokuWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
Version
1.02
2025-05-14b "Librarian"
6.3.0
2.67
Last Release Date
2010-08-30 (16 years ago)
2025-09-09 (1 year ago)
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-09-01 (16 years ago)
2026-03-25 (5 months ago)
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Marcus Ramberg et al. (open-source)
Andreas Gohr
WackoWiki Team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Artistic License
GPL 2
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
FREE
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Wiki, CMS, Blog users
personal, small to medium companies
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Anyone
System Requirements MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Any OS that runs Perl
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Has its own server; can run with any web server
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Catalyst
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Patch
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Other
None
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Optional
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Development/Support MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
4708 ⭐
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
11
Catalan, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, 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
1
English
Email notification
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Links MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Textile Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
Optional, PHP
actions (PHP)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Filenames only
Extras MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
No
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples MojoMojo DokuWiki WackoWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[another page]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[internal]]
External Link
Markdown:
[Link text](http://example.com)

Textile:
"link text":http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
Mardown:
#Heading 1

Textile:
h1. Heading 1
====== 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
---------
Bold Format
Markdown: **bold**

Textile: *bold*
**bold**
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
_italics_
//italics//
//italics//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
Textile: _underline_
Markdown: use HTML
__underlined__
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
Markdown:
`command line example`

Textile:
@command line example@
''monospace''
##monospace##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
Textile:
normal text -striked- normal text
<del>strikethrough</del>
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
Textile: ^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
Textile: ~subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
Markdown:
![alt text](/image/path "title text")

Textile:
!http://example.com/image.png!
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
Textile:
< right
> left
= center
<> justify
Plugin
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
Textile:
> text
N/A
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* an item
* another item
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# item 1
# item 2
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
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
Definition Lists
Textile:
dl. title:data goes here
Plugin
{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>
Horizontal Rule
<hr />
----
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove MojoMojo remove DokuWiki remove WackoWiki remove ikiwiki