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

General Features Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
Version
1.6
0.12.0
6.2.0
2.1.1
Last Release Date
27/04/2013
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month 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)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
Author
C.Small
legolas558
WackoWiki Team
Frank Carver
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MS-PL
GPLv2
BSD
ASL or LGPL
Programming Language
C#
JavaScript
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
Advanced End Users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
private users and small teams
System Requirements Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
Operating System
Windows Server, Ubuntu
OS Independent (Browser Application)
OS Independent
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS, Apache
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any that can run or call Java
Other Requirements
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
JavaScript-capable browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
Text Files
Patch
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
SQL Server, MongoDB
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
Supports per-page AES encryption
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
No
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
54 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
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
0
Email notification
No
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
No
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Links Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
CamelCase
No
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
HTML Tags
Some
All
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Optional
Textile Support
No
No
No
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Optional
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
none
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Yes
No
Usability Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
No
Statistics Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Output Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
No
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Roadkill Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki Friki
Internal Link
[[Pagename|linkname]]
[[WoaS test page]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[[URL|linkname]]
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
== Large heading
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
** bold **
*bold text*
**bold**
'''bold''
Italics Format
//italics//
/italics text/
//italics//
''italic''
Underline Format
_underline_
_underlined text_
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{

monospace

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

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
one
two
:        indented
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet List
** Sub item
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* 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


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}
title:        description
Horizontal Rule
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