Wiki on a Stick vs. WikkaWiki vs. Zim

General Features Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
Version
0.12.0
1.4.2
0.56
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
legolas558
Wikka Development Team
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Private users, small teams
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
any (platform-independent)
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
None
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
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
Plugin
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
No
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
Active Directory (patch)
File permissions
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
42 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
Preview
No
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
0
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Patch
No
Comments
No
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
No
Links Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Patch
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Patch
No
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
HTML Tags
All
Some
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Usability Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Patch
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Patch
No
Statistics Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Patch
No
Recent Visitors
No
Patch
No
Analysis
Unknown
Yes
No
Output Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Patch
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Yes
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Extras Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
No
No
No
Blogs
No
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick WikkaWiki Zim
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
*bold text*
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
/italics text/
//italic//
//italic//
Underline Format
_underlined text_
__underlined__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
##monospaced##
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
++Strike through text++
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
^{sup}
Subscript Format
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
_{sub}
Images
[[Image::woas.png]]
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
not implemented
Text Indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
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not implemented
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