WikiNi vs. Instiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Version
0.5.0
0.30.0
6.1.25
Last Release Date
2007-04-11 (17 years ago)
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-09 (15 years ago)
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Ruby's
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Ruby on Rails
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End Users/Desktop, Education
general, education
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Operating System
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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32 ⭐
Common Features WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
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
Plugin
No
Yes
Comments
Threaded
No
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Patch
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Plugin
Links WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Patch
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
None
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Patch
No
Yes
Usability WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
Patch
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Patch
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
No
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
No
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples WikiNi Instiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
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
[[ ]]
[another site](http://example.com)
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
====== ====== 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**
Italics Format
// //
_italic_, *italic*
//italics//
Underline Format
__ __
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
__underline__
Monospace Format
## ##
`monospace`
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
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
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
one
two
Bulleted Lists
-
-
-
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
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
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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