Roadkill vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. WackoWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. Friki

General Features Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Version
1.6
0.12.0
6.2.0
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
2.1.1
Last Release Date
27/04/2013
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-04-25 (12 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
Author
C.Small
legolas558
WackoWiki Team
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Frank Carver
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MS-PL
GPLv2
BSD
Public Domain (!)
ASL or LGPL
Programming Language
C#
JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
Advanced End Users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
small + medium sites, development teams
private users and small teams
System Requirements Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Operating System
Windows Server, Ubuntu
OS Independent (Browser Application)
OS Independent
any
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS, Apache
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
anything with PHP support
Any that can run or call Java
Other Requirements
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
JavaScript-capable browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
none
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Text Files
Patch
No
No
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Other
SQL Server, MongoDB
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
MariaDB
no
Security/Anti-Spam Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
Supports per-page AES encryption
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
Plugin
No
nofollow
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Patch
No
Development/Support Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Interface Languages
3
Czech, English, Polish
2
English, Italian
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
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
0
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Comments
No
No
Flat
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Patch
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Links Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
CamelCase
No
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
HTML Tags
Some
All
All
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
No
Optional
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
none
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
optional
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
Patch
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Analysis
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Output Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Patch
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
No
PDF Export
No
No
Patch
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
No
No
Extras Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Optional
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Internal Link
[[Pagename|linkname]]
[[WoaS test page]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
External Link
[[URL|linkname]]
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
Headlines
== Large heading
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Bold Format
** bold **
*bold text*
**bold**
__bold text__
**bold text**
'''bold''
Italics Format
//italics//
/italics text/
//italics//
''ialic text''
''italic''
Underline Format
_underline_
_underlined text_
__underline__
optional or via css
Monospace Format
{{

monospace

}}
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
##monospace##
==monospaced text==
monospace
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
optional or via css
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
optional or via css
Images
{{Image.jpg.|title}}
[[Image::woas.png]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[link to the image.jpg]
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
optional or via css
Text Indentation
one
two
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
:        indented
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet List
** Sub item
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* first
* second
Numbered Lists
# Numbered list
## Sub item
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

1. first
1. second
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
title:        description
Horizontal Rule
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