WackoWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. DokuWiki

General Features WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
Version
6.2.1
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Andreas Gohr
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Public Domain (!)
GPL 2
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
small + medium sites, development teams
personal, small to medium companies
System Requirements WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
none
Datastorage WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
Text Files
No
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Other
MariaDB
no
None
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Optional
Plugin
Optional
nofollow
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Optional
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
Optional
Development/Support WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
56 ⭐
N/A
4580 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Patch
Yes
Interface Languages
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
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
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Optional
Plugin
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Plugin
Links WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Optional
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Plugin
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
actions (PHP)
optional
Optional, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Optional
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
Optional
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Optional
No
PDF Export
Patch
Optional
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Optional
No
No
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Patch
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples WackoWiki ErfurtWiki DokuWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold text__
**bold text**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
''ialic text''
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
optional or via css
__underlined__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
==monospaced text==
''monospace''
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
optional or via css
<del>strikethrough</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
optional or via css
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[link to the image.jpg]
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
optional or via css
Plugin
Text Indentation
one
two
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
N/A
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


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

- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
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
Plugin
Horizontal Rule
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