WikiNi vs. Anwiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
Version
0.5.0
0.2.5
6.3.0
Last Release Date
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2013-06-25 (13 years ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL 3
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End Users/Desktop, Education
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
Operating System
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Linux, Windows, probably others
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Unknown
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Optional
nofollow
No
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Patch
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
4 ⭐
55 ⭐
Common Features WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
French
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
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
Email notification
Plugin
No
Yes
Comments
Threaded
No
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Patch
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Links WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Patch
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
No
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Patch
Yes
Yes
Usability WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
Patch
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Unknown
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
No
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
No
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples WikiNi Anwiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[[ ]]
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
** **
<b>bold</b>
**bold**
Italics Format
// //
<i>italic</i>
//italics//
Underline Format
__ __
<u>underline</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
## ##
<tt>monospace</tt>
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
<del>strikethrough</del>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
<img src=""/>
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
one
two
Bulleted Lists
-
-
-
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
1)
1)
1)
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
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<hr/>
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