WikkaWiki vs. WikyBlog vs. wxWikiServer

General Features WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
Version
1.4.2
1.5.4
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
Author
Wikka Development Team
Josh Schmidt
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
C++
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
NA
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)
Private, Internet Communities
End users/Desktop
System Requirements WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
Operating System
any (platform-independent)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Apache, anything with PHP
built-in
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
MySQL
None
Datastorage WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
No
Security/Anti-Spam WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory (patch)
No
unknown
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
42 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
0
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
1
English
Email notification
Patch
No
No
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Links WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Patch
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Page Redirects
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
Some
Some
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
No
no
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Usability WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Statistics WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Patch
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Patch
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
No
No
Output WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Patch
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
No
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikkaWiki WikyBlog wxWikiServer
Internal Link
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
External Link
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
[http://example.org The title]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
__underlined__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
##monospaced##
<tt>monospace</tt>
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
++Strike through text++
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
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"}}
[[Image:wiki.png]]
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
Aligning Text
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
<center>Centered</center>
] centred text
Text Indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
: indented line
> 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
* 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 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>""
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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