Wikepage vs. DokuWiki vs. WikiNi vs. Instiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Version
2008.1
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
0.5.0
0.30.0
6.1.25
Last Release Date
2008-10-13 (15 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2007-04-11 (17 years ago)
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2024-04-11 (13 days ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-24 (15 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2009-02-09 (15 years ago)
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2024-04-11 (13 days ago)
Author
Jose Carlos Medeiros
Andreas Gohr
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL 2
GPL
Ruby's
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Ruby on Rails
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small groups
personal, small to medium companies
End Users/Desktop, Education
general, education
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Platform Independent
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Server Independent
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
n/a
Ruby 2.0-2.6
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
No
Other
None
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
nofollow
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
3582 ⭐
N/A
478 ⭐
32 ⭐
Common Features Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
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
1
French
1
English
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
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Threaded
No
Flat
Categories
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
Links Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Optional
All
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
Optional, PHP
None
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
Usability Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Output Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
Contents
Extras Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Blogs
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Wikepage DokuWiki WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
[[ ]]
[another site](http://example.com)
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
**Bold**
**bold**
** **
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
''Italic''
//italics//
// //
_italic_, *italic*
//italics//
Underline Format
__Underline__
__underlined__
__ __
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
__underline__
Monospace Format
With a space in front of the text
''monospace''
## ##
`monospace`
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
n/a
<del>strikethrough</del>
@@ @@
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
n/a
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
n/a
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
Images
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
n/a
Plugin
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
n/a
N/A
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
-
-
-
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
n/a
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
1)
1)
1)
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
Plugin
term
: definition
{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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