Wala Wiki vs. ikiwiki vs. mobiki

General Features Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
Version
1.1.7
2.67
2016-06-26
Last Release Date
2026-03-14 (3 months ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
Author
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Martin D�ring
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain
GPL
MIT
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
Anyone
Text centric websites and mobile use
System Requirements Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
Operating System
Linux, *BSD
Any
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that supports basic CGI.
Any, or none
any
Other Requirements
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
PHP 5.4+
Datastorage Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
diffs
Security/Anti-Spam Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
Preview
No
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
0
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Optional
Plugin
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Features Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
No
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Optional
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
No
Embedded Video
No
Optional
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wala Wiki ikiwiki mobiki
Internal Link
LinkDump, [link dump]
[[internal]]
[Internal Link]
External Link
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
Headlines
= headline =
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!Headline
Bold Format
'''bolded'''
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italicized''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
n/a
Monospace Format
monospaced.
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
n/a
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
n/a
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
n/a
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
n/a
Images
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
Aligning Text
___
aligned text
___
Text Indentation
:Block-quoted text.
n/a
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
Numbered Lists
# One
# Two
# Three
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
n/a
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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