Roadkill vs. WikiNi vs. WackoWiki vs. Aneuch vs. Hatta vs. ikiwiki

General Features Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
Version
1.6
0.5.0
6.3.0
0.50
1.6.6
2.67
Last Release Date
27/04/2013
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2026-07-18 (3 months ago)
2016-02-17 (10 years ago)
2015-08-29 (11 years ago)
2008-10-17 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-04-25 (13 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2026-07-18 (3 months ago)
2016-06-28 (10 years ago)
2015-08-29 (11 years ago)
2008-10-28 (18 years ago)
Author
C.Small
WackoWiki Team
Aaron Graves
Radomir Dopieralski
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MS-PL
GPL
BSD
BSD
GPL v2
GPL
Programming Language
C#
PHP
PHP
PERL
Python
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
End Users/Desktop, Education
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Any
Anyone
System Requirements Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
Operating System
Windows Server, Ubuntu
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
OS Independent
Any
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Any
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS, Apache
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any (only tested on Apache)
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Any, or none
Other Requirements
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
mod_rewrite (optional)
Mercurial
Datastorage Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
Text Files
Patch
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
No
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Other
SQL Server, MongoDB
MariaDB
None
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Security/Anti-Spam Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Simple
n/a
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Optional
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
Patch
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
55 ⭐
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
3
Czech, English, Polish
1
French
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
English
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
1
English
Email notification
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
Flat
Discussion Pages
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Patch
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Patch
Optional
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Links Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
No
Optional
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Features Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
Plugin
None
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
Quoting
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Scripting
none
actions (PHP)
None
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Patch
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Usability Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Statistics Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Output Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Patch
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
Calendar
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Roadkill WikiNi WackoWiki Aneuch Hatta ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[Pagename|linkname]]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[Page]]
[[Page|page description]]
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
[[internal]]
External Link
[[URL|linkname]]
[[ ]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[http://www.google.com/]]
[[http://www.google.com/|Google]]
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
== Large heading
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
= H1 =
= H1
=== H3
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
** bold **
** **
**bold**
**bold**
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
// //
//italics//
//italic//
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
_underline_
__ __
__underline__
__underline__
n/a
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{

monospace

}}
## ##
##monospace##
`monospace`
{{{verbatim}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

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

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
n/a
Text Indentation
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
one
two
n/a
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet List
** Sub item
-
-
-
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* list
** sublist
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# Numbered list
## Sub item
1)
1)
1)
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


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