WackoWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features WackoWiki ikiwiki
Version
6.2.0
2.67
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Anyone
System Requirements WackoWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any, or none
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WackoWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
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
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Links WackoWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
actions (PHP)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Usability WackoWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Extras WackoWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[internal]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
##monospace##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
one
two
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove WackoWiki remove ikiwiki