WackoWiki vs. WikiNi vs. DokuWiki vs. Hatta

General Features WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
Version
6.3.0
0.5.0
2025-05-14b "Librarian"
1.6.6
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2025-09-09 (11 months ago)
2015-08-29 (11 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2026-03-25 (5 months ago)
2015-08-29 (11 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Andreas Gohr
Radomir Dopieralski
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL 2
GPL v2
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
End Users/Desktop, Education
personal, small to medium companies
System Requirements WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
Operating System
OS Independent
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Mercurial
Datastorage WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
Text Files
No
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Yes
Other
MariaDB
None
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
n/a
Host Blocking
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Optional
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
No
Development/Support WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
4706 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
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
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
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Patch
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Links WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Syntax Features WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Custom styles
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Optional, PHP
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
No
No
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
No
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki WikiNi DokuWiki Hatta
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[ ]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
Bold Format
**bold**
** **
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
// //
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
__ __
__underlined__
n/a
Monospace Format
##monospace##
## ##
''monospace''
{{{verbatim}}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
@@ @@
<del>strikethrough</del>
n/a
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
n/a
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
n/a
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Plugin
n/a
Text Indentation
one
two
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
N/A
n/a
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
-
-
-
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* list
** sublist
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1)
1)
1)
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
n/a
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Plugin
n/a
Horizontal Rule
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