WackoWiki vs. WikiNi vs. Anwiki

General Features WackoWiki WikiNi Anwiki
Version
6.3.0
0.5.0
0.2.5
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (3 months ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (3 months ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2013-06-25 (13 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Antoine Walter
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL 3
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
End Users/Desktop, Education
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
System Requirements WackoWiki WikiNi Anwiki
Operating System
OS Independent
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Linux, Windows, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WackoWiki WikiNi Anwiki
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
MariaDB
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki WikiNi Anwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Host Blocking
Optional
Unknown
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Unknown
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Patch
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki WikiNi Anwiki
# 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 WikiNi Anwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Restricted by Age or Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki WikiNi Anwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
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
French
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
No
Comments
Flat
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Patch
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Links WackoWiki WikiNi Anwiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki WikiNi Anwiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Patch
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Unknown
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Patch
Yes
Usability WackoWiki WikiNi Anwiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics WackoWiki WikiNi Anwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki WikiNi Anwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Unknown
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
XML export
Yes
No
Yes
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki WikiNi Anwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
No
Unknown
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras WackoWiki WikiNi Anwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
No
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
No
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki WikiNi Anwiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[ ]]
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
Bold Format
**bold**
** **
<b>bold</b>
Italics Format
//italics//
// //
<i>italic</i>
Underline Format
__underline__
__ __
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
##monospace##
## ##
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
@@ @@
<del>strikethrough</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
<img src=""/>
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
<center>anwiki</center>
Text Indentation
one
two
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
-
-
-
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1)
1)
1)
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
----
<hr/>
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