Roadkill vs. WackoWiki vs. wxWikiServer

General Features Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Version
1.6
6.2.1
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
27/04/2013
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-04-25 (13 years ago)
2026-04-25 (5 days ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
Author
C.Small
WackoWiki Team
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MS-PL
BSD
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
C#
PHP
C++
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
End users/Desktop
System Requirements Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Operating System
Windows Server, Ubuntu
OS Independent
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
IIS, Apache
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
built-in
Other Requirements
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Text Files
Patch
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
SQL Server, MongoDB
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
unknown
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
3
Czech, English, Polish
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
Yes
No
Comments
No
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Unknown
Links Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
Some
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
none
actions (PHP)
no
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Usability Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Unknown
Statistics Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
No
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Roadkill WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Internal Link
[[Pagename|linkname]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
External Link
[[URL|linkname]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
== Large heading
== 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
//italics//
//italics//
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{

monospace

}}
##monospace##
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
Images
{{Image.jpg.|title}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
] centred text
Text Indentation
one
two
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet List
** Sub item
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
# Numbered list
## Sub item
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
{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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