Wiki on a Stick vs. WackoWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. Friki

General Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
Version
0.12.0
6.2.1
2025-05-14b "Librarian"
2.1.1
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2025-09-09 (7 months ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2026-03-25 (17 days ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
Author
legolas558
WackoWiki Team
Andreas Gohr
Frank Carver
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
BSD
GPL 2
ASL or LGPL
Programming Language
JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
personal, small to medium companies
private users and small teams
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
OS Independent
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Any that can run or call Java
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
Text Files
No
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
MariaDB
None
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Plugin
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
No
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
4593 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
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Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
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
0
Email notification
No
Yes
Optional
No
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Links Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
Optional
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Optional, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
No
Usability Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki Friki
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
External Link
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
Headlines
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Bold Format
*bold text*
**bold**
**bold**
'''bold''
Italics Format
/italics text/
//italics//
//italics//
''italic''
Underline Format
_underlined text_
__underline__
__underlined__
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
##monospace##
''monospace''
monospace
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<del>strikethrough</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[[Image::woas.png]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Plugin
Text Indentation
one
two
N/A
:        indented
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* first
* second
Numbered Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
1. first
1. second
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Plugin
title:        description
Horizontal Rule
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