WackoWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Aneuch

General Features WackoWiki ikiwiki Aneuch
Version
6.3.0
2.67
0.50
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2016-02-17 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2016-06-28 (10 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Aaron Graves
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PERL
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Anyone
Any
System Requirements WackoWiki ikiwiki Aneuch
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any, or none
Any (only tested on Apache)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WackoWiki ikiwiki Aneuch
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
MariaDB
None
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki ikiwiki Aneuch
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Simple
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki ikiwiki Aneuch
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
4 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki ikiwiki Aneuch
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
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 ikiwiki Aneuch
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
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
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
No
Links WackoWiki ikiwiki Aneuch
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Features WackoWiki ikiwiki Aneuch
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability WackoWiki ikiwiki Aneuch
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics WackoWiki ikiwiki Aneuch
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki ikiwiki Aneuch
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki ikiwiki Aneuch
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras WackoWiki ikiwiki Aneuch
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki ikiwiki Aneuch
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[internal]]
[[Page]]
[[Page|page description]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[link text](http://example.org)
[[http://www.google.com/]]
[[http://www.google.com/|Google]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= H1 =
= H1
=== H3
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`monospace`
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
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)
{{image.jpg}}
{{image.jpg|alt text}}
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
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
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
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