DokuWiki vs. WikkaWiki vs. alphawiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Version
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
1.4.2
v.20160608
2.67
Last Release Date
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2020-04-19 (4 years ago)
2016-08-05 (7 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2020-04-20 (4 years ago)
2016-09-10 (7 years ago)
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
Wikka Development Team
marty alain
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
GPL
GNU-GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP+Javascript
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
private users, small teams
Anyone
System Requirements DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any (platform-independent)
probably every OS
Any
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Apache with PHP support
Any, or none
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Yes
Other
None
No
None
Security/Anti-Spam DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Active Directory (patch)
No
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
No
No
Development/Support DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
3582 ⭐
42 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
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
1
English
Email notification
Optional
Patch
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Links DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Patch
No
Unknown
Syntax Features DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Scripting
Optional, PHP
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Optional
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Patch
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Patch
Optional
No
Statistics DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Patch
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Patch
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Output DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
XML export
No
Patch
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
No
Office Export
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Filenames only
Extras DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples DokuWiki WikkaWiki alphawiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
[[internal]]
External Link
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
[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 ==
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
{b I am bold}
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
{i I am italic}
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underlined__
__underlined__
{u I am underline}
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
''monospace''
##monospaced##
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
++Strike through text++
{del I am line-through}
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
E = mc{sup 2}
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
Plugin
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
N/A
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
(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) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
Plugin
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
----
{hr}
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove DokuWiki remove WikkaWiki remove alphawiki remove ikiwiki