Wicked vs. DokuWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. Hatta

General Features Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
Version
2.0.8
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
6.1.25
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.6.6
Last Release Date
2017-09-20 (6 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2024-04-11 (22 days ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2015-08-28 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-15 (5 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2024-04-11 (22 days ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2015-08-29 (8 years ago)
Author
The Horde Project
Andreas Gohr
WackoWiki Team
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Radomir Dopieralski
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
GPL 2
BSD
GPL
GPL v2
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Any
System Requirements Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
Operating System
Any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Other Requirements
Text_Wiki from PEAR
mod_rewrite (optional)
various opt. helpers
Mercurial
Datastorage Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
Text Files
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Yes
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Other
None
None
MariaDB
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Security/Anti-Spam Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
25 different backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
n/a
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
No
No
Development/Support Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
1 ⭐
3582 ⭐
32 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
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
20
Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
Plugin
Flat
Plugin
No
Categories
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
No
Links Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
HTML Tags
None
Optional
All
Some
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
Plugin
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
No
Optional, PHP
actions (PHP)
plugins, templates, PHP
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Usability Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Patch
Yes
No
Office Export
No
Plugin
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
Calendar
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Galleries
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Optional
Yes
No
Blogs
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Ticket System
Optional
Plugin
No
No
No
Chat
No
No
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wicked DokuWiki WackoWiki PhpWiki Hatta
Internal Link
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
External Link
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
Headlines
+ Level 1 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
//italics//
//italics//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italic//
Underline Format
@@+++ underline @@
__underlined__
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
n/a
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
''monospace''
##monospace##
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{{verbatim}}}
Strikethrough Format
@@--- strikethrough @@
<del>strikethrough</del>
--strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
n/a
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
n/a
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
<sub>below</sub>
n/a
Images
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[ 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}}
{{image|alt}}
Aligning Text
Plugin
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

n/a
Text Indentation
N/A
one
two
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
n/a
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* list
or
- list
* list
** sublist
Numbered Lists
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# list
n/a
Definition Lists
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
Plugin
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Term:<def>
def
n/a
Horizontal Rule
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