WackoWiki vs. Wikidot vs. WikiNi

General Features WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
Version
6.3.0
0.5.0
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
AGPLv3
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
End Users/Desktop, Education
Hosting Features WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
Storage Quota
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
no limit
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
by Terms Of Service
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
System Requirements WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
Operating System
OS Independent
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
Text Files
No
Unknown
No
MySQL
Yes
Unknown
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Unknown
No
SQLite
Yes
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Unknown
No
Other
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Patch
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
Development/Support WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
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
2
English, Polish
1
French
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Patch
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Links WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
CamelCase
Optional
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
HTML Tags
All
None
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Patch
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Patch
Usability WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
Output WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
Unknown
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
Calendar
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Wikidot WikiNi
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
[[ ]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
+++ headline level 3
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Bold Format
**bold**
**bold text**
** **
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic text//
// //
Underline Format
__underline__
__underlined text__
__ __
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{monospaced text}}
## ##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough text--
@@ @@
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
,,subscript,,
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
= Centered line
Text Indentation
one
two
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* element 1
* element 2
-
-
-
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# element 1
# element 1
1)
1)
1)
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
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