PhpWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Wicked vs. WikkaWiki vs. WikyBlog

General Features PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
6.2.1
2.0.8
1.4.2
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2026-03-03 (3 months ago)
2017-09-21 (8 years ago)
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2026-04-25 (1 month ago)
2018-10-15 (7 years ago)
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
WackoWiki Team
The Horde Project
Wikka Development Team
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL 2
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
Any
any (platform-independent)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Apache, anything with PHP
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
mod_rewrite (optional)
Text_Wiki from PEAR
mod_rewrite (optional)
MySQL
Datastorage PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Text Files
Yes
No
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
No
No
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
MariaDB
None
No
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
25 different backends
Active Directory (patch)
No
Host Blocking
No
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
54 ⭐
1 ⭐
42 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
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
0
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
Comments
Plugin
Flat
No
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
No
No
Unknown
Structured Data
Patch
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Links PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Features PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
HTML Tags
Some
All
None
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Yes
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
actions (PHP)
No
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
No
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Usability PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
Statistics PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Output PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
Patch
No
PDF Export
Yes
Patch
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
No
No
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
No
No
Extras PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Optional
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Optional
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
!!!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
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
**bold**
**bold**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italics//
//italics//
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
@@+++ underline @@
__underlined__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


##monospace##
{{monospace}}
##monospaced##
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
@@--- strikethrough @@
++Strike through text++
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
,,subscript,,
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[ 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]
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
<?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%%
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
one
two
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# list
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
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
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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