WikiNi vs. WackoWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki
Version
0.5.0
6.3.0
2.67
Last Release Date
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End Users/Desktop, Education
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Anyone
System Requirements WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any, or none
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Patch
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WikiNi 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 WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
French
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
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Patch
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Links WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Patch
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
actions (PHP)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Usability WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics WikiNi 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
No
Plugin
No
Output WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiNi WackoWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[internal]]
External Link
[[ ]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

== 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**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
// //
//italics//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__ __
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
## ##
##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
,,subscript,,
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
((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
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
one
two
Bulleted Lists
-
-
-
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1)
1)
1)
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 WikiNi remove WackoWiki remove ikiwiki