WikkaWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. WikiASP vs. wxWikiServer

General Features WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
Version
1.4.2
2025-05-14b "Librarian"
1.6.2
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2025-09-09 (10 months ago)
2005-10-13 (20 years ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2026-03-25 (3 months ago)
2006-08-26 (19 years ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
Author
Wikka Development Team
Andreas Gohr
Elrey Ronald V.
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL 2
FREE
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
ASP
C++
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Intended Audience
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
personal, small to medium companies
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
End users/Desktop
System Requirements WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
Operating System
any (platform-independent)
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
IIS
built-in
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
None
Datastorage WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Unknown
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Unknown
No
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
No
Unknown
No
Other
No
None
MS Access DB
Security/Anti-Spam WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory (patch)
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
unknown
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Unknown
No
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Development/Support WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
42 ⭐
4682 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
No
Special Features WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
0
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
1
English
Email notification
Patch
Optional
No
No
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Links WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Unknown
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Page Redirects
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple
simple
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Scripting
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Optional, PHP
no
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Usability WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
Section Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Access Keys
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Auto Signature
Patch
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Statistics WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
No
Recent Visitors
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Output WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
XML export
Patch
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Office Export
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
Extras WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikkaWiki DokuWiki WikiASP wxWikiServer
Internal Link
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
WikiWord
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
External Link
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
''The quotation''
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
__underlined__
__underlined__
Monospace Format
##monospaced##
''monospace''
<space char here>This is mono
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
++Strike through text++
<del>strikethrough</del>
_This is Strike Through_
Superscript Format
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
Aligning Text
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
Plugin
] centred text
Text Indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
N/A
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Test
* Bullets
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

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

(more options for lists are available)
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
Definition Lists
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Plugin
Horizontal Rule
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