Wiclear vs. WackoWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. WikkaWiki

General Features Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
Version
1.0
6.1.25
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
1.4.2
Last Release Date
2007-08-06 (16 years ago)
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
2005-06-15 (18 years ago)
2020-04-19 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-09-16 (16 years ago)
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
2010-04-04 (14 years ago)
2020-04-20 (4 years ago)
Author
David Jobet
WackoWiki Team
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Wikka Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL2
BSD
Public Domain (!)
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
small + medium sites, development teams
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
System Requirements Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
Operating System
All
OS Independent
any
any (platform-independent)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
anything with PHP support
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Other Requirements
MySql
mod_rewrite (optional)
none
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
Text Files
No
No
Plugin
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
No
Other
MariaDB
no
No
Security/Anti-Spam Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Active Directory (patch)
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Patch
No
Development/Support Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
32 ⭐
N/A
42 ⭐
Common Features Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Interface Languages
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
20
Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Comments
Flat
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Optional
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Links Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Syntax Features Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Optional
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Not at the moment
actions (PHP)
optional
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Patch
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Patch
Statistics Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Optional
Patch
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Output Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
Optional
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Optional
Patch
PDF Export
No
Patch
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
No
Media and Files Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Search
No
Contents
No
No
Extras Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Wiclear WackoWiki ErfurtWiki WikkaWiki
Internal Link
[Title]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
External Link
[Title|http://url.to/]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
Headlines
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Bold Format
__bold__
**bold**
__bold text__
**bold text**
**bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
//italics//
''ialic text''
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
optional or via css
__underlined__
Monospace Format
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
##monospace##
==monospaced text==
##monospaced##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
optional or via css
++Strike through text++
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
optional or via css
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
Images
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[link to the image.jpg]
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
optional or via css
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
Text Indentation
one
two
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
Bulleted Lists
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
Numbered Lists
#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
Definition Lists
;def1 : the complete definition of def1
;def2 : the complete definition of def2
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Horizontal Rule
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