WikkaWiki vs. PodWiki

General Features WikkaWiki PodWiki
Version
1.4.2
0.9.1
Last Release Date
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
Wikka Development Team
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
GPL / none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
average to advanced users
System Requirements WikkaWiki PodWiki
Operating System
any (platform-independent)
Unix
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
apache
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage WikkaWiki PodWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
No
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam WikkaWiki PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory (patch)
builtin
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support WikkaWiki PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
42 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WikkaWiki PodWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features WikkaWiki PodWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
1
English
Email notification
Patch
No
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Links WikkaWiki PodWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Patch
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Features WikkaWiki PodWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Usability WikkaWiki PodWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Patch
No
Auto Signature
Patch
No
Statistics WikkaWiki PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Patch
Yes
Recent Visitors
Patch
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Output WikkaWiki PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Patch
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
Patch
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Media and Files WikkaWiki PodWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras WikkaWiki PodWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
No
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikkaWiki PodWiki
Internal Link 
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
 
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link 
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
 
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines 
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
 
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
B<bold>
Italics Format 
//italic//
 
I<italics>
Underline Format 
__underlined__
 
via html only
Monospace Format 
##monospaced##
 
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format 
++Strike through text++
 
via html only
Superscript Format 
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
 
via html only
Subscript Format 
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
 
via html only
Images 
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
 
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text 
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
 
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation 
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
 
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists 
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
 
=over

=item* listitem

=back
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)
 
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists 
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
 
via html only
Horizontal Rule 
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