Wiki on a Stick vs. WackoWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Version
0.12.0
6.2.0
2.67
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
legolas558
WackoWiki Team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
JavaScript
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Anyone
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any, or none
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
30
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
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Links Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
No
Output Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
No
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[internal]]
External Link
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
*bold text*
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
/italics text/
//italics//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
_underlined text_
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
##monospace##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[[Image::woas.png]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
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
remove Wiki on a Stick remove WackoWiki remove ikiwiki