WikiNi vs. ikiwiki vs. MoasdaWiki vs. Zwiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Version
0.5.0
2.67
3.9.1
0.61
6.3.0
Last Release Date
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2026-07-18 (11 days ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2026-07-18 (11 days ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Herbert Reiter
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
AGPL-3.0-only
GPLv2
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Java
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End Users/Desktop, Education
Anyone
personal usage, small teams
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Operating System
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Any
Any platform with Java VM 17+
any
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Built-in
Zope
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Java VM 17+
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Unknown
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Other
No
ZODB (zope object database)
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
N/A
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
No
Patch
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
nofollow
No
No
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Patch
No
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Patch
No
Development/Support WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
55 ⭐
Common Features WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
1
French
1
English
2
German, English
0
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
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
No
Flat
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Links WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Patch
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Optional
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
DTML
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Patch
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Patch
Yes
Toolbar
Patch
No
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Optional
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Output WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Patch
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples WikiNi ikiwiki MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[internal]]
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[[ ]]
[link text](http://example.org)
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
** **
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
// //
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
##italic##
//italics//
Underline Format
__ __
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underlined__
__underline__
Monospace Format
## ##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
@@monospace font@@
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
~~striked through~~
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
,,subscript,,
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{image:wiki.png}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
{{center}}centered text
{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
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
one
two
Bulleted Lists
-
-
-
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
1)
1)
1)
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
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