Roadkill vs. WackoWiki vs. WikiNi vs. Wikidot vs. ikiwiki vs. Aneuch

General Features Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
Version
1.6
6.3.0
0.5.0
2.67
0.50
Last Release Date
27/04/2013
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2016-02-17 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-04-25 (13 years ago)
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2016-06-28 (10 years ago)
Author
C.Small
WackoWiki Team
Michal Frackowiak
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Aaron Graves
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MS-PL
BSD
GPL
AGPLv3
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
C#
PHP
PHP
Perl
PERL
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
Database
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
End Users/Desktop, Education
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Anyone
Any
Hosting Features Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
no limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
by Terms Of Service
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
Operating System
Windows Server, Ubuntu
OS Independent
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Any
Any
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS, Apache
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any, or none
Any (only tested on Apache)
Other Requirements
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
Text Files
Patch
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Unknown
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Other
SQL Server, MongoDB
MariaDB
None
Security/Anti-Spam Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Simple
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Development/Support Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
4 ⭐
Common Features Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
3
Czech, English, Polish
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
French
2
English, Polish
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Links Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Features Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
None
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
none
actions (PHP)
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
Output Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Roadkill WackoWiki WikiNi Wikidot ikiwiki Aneuch
Internal Link
[[Pagename|linkname]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
[[internal]]
[[Page]]
[[Page|page description]]
External Link
[[URL|linkname]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[ ]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
[link text](http://example.org)
[[http://www.google.com/]]
[[http://www.google.com/|Google]]
Headlines
== Large heading
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

+++ headline level 3
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= H1 =
= H1
=== H3
Bold Format
** bold **
**bold**
** **
**bold text**
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
//italics//
// //
//italic text//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
Underline Format
_underline_
__underline__
__ __
__underlined text__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{

monospace

}}
##monospace##
## ##
{{monospaced text}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`monospace`
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
@@ @@
--strikethrough text--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
,,subscript,,
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
{{Image.jpg.|title}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[[image src="..."]]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{image.jpg}}
{{image.jpg|alt text}}
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
= Centered line
Text Indentation
one
two
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet List
** Sub item
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
-
-
-
* element 1
* element 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
Numbered Lists
# Numbered list
## Sub item
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


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