WikkaWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Wikidot

General Features WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
Version
1.4.2
2.67
Last Release Date
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Wikka Development Team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
AGPLv3
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Anyone
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Hosting Features WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
no limit
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
by Terms Of Service
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
System Requirements WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
Operating System
any (platform-independent)
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Any, or none
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Yes
Unknown
Other
No
Security/Anti-Spam WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory (patch)
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Development/Support WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
42 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
2
English, Polish
Email notification
Patch
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Links WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Patch
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Patch
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Patch
No
Yes
Statistics WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Patch
No
No
Recent Visitors
Patch
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Yes
Output WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Patch
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
Yes
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikkaWiki ikiwiki Wikidot
Internal Link
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
[[internal]]
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
External Link
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic text//
Underline Format
__underlined__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underlined text__
Monospace Format
##monospaced##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format
++Strike through text++
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
= Centered line
Text Indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* element 1
* element 2
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)
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# element 1
# element 1
Definition Lists
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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