Instiki vs. PhpWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
Version
0.30.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
6.1.25
Last Release Date
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2024-04-11 (29 days ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2024-04-11 (29 days ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
Any
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
various opt. helpers
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
Plugin
Yes
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
478 ⭐
N/A
32 ⭐
Common Features Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
20
Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
No
Patch
Plugin
Links Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
None
plugins, templates, PHP
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Yes
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Yes
Optional
Blogs
No
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Instiki PhpWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link 
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
 
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
 
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link 
[another site](http://example.com)
 
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
 
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines 
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######

!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3

== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
 
**bold**
Italics Format 
_italic_, *italic*
 
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
 
//italics//
Underline Format 
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
 
<u>underlined</u>
 
__underline__
Monospace Format 
`monospace`
 
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>



##monospace##
Strikethrough Format 
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
 
<strike>striked through</strike>
 
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
<sup>above</sup>
 
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
<sub>below</sub>
 
vvsubscriptvv
Images 
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
 
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image

((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text 
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
 
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>


{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation 
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
 
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 

one
two
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* list
or
- list
 
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
 
# list
 
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break
Definition Lists 
term
: definition
 
Term:<def>
def
 
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule 
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