WackoWiki vs. WikiNi vs. ikiwiki vs. Aneuch

General Features WackoWiki WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
Version
6.3.0
0.5.0
2.67
0.50
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2016-02-17 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years 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
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Perl
PERL
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
End Users/Desktop, Education
Anyone
Any
System Requirements WackoWiki WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
Operating System
OS Independent
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Any
Any
Root Access
No
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 WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
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
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
No
Other
MariaDB
None
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Simple
Host Blocking
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
4 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
No
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
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
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
French
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links WackoWiki WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Features WackoWiki WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
Usability WackoWiki WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Yes
Statistics WackoWiki WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
No
Output WackoWiki WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras WackoWiki WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki WikiNi ikiwiki Aneuch
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[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 ======
====== ====== 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
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
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)
1)
1)
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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