WikkaWiki vs. Foswiki

General Features WikkaWiki Foswiki
Version
1.4.2
2.1.8
Last Release Date
2020-04-19 (4 years ago)
2023-08-05 (9 months ago)
Last Update here
2020-04-20 (4 years ago)
2023-10-16 (7 months ago)
Author
Wikka Development Team
Foswiki Community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
System Requirements WikkaWiki Foswiki
Operating System
any (platform-independent)
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage WikkaWiki Foswiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
No
caching of content into database using plugins
Security/Anti-Spam WikkaWiki Foswiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory (patch)
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Development/Support WikkaWiki Foswiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
42 ⭐
97 ⭐
Common Features WikkaWiki Foswiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikkaWiki Foswiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Patch
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Yes
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Plugin
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Links WikkaWiki Foswiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Patch
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
Page Redirects
Patch
Plugin
Syntax Features WikkaWiki Foswiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Usability WikkaWiki Foswiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Patch
Yes
Auto Signature
Patch
Yes
Statistics WikkaWiki Foswiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Patch
Yes
Recent Visitors
Patch
Plugin
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Output WikkaWiki Foswiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Patch
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
Plugin
Media and Files WikkaWiki Foswiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Yes
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras WikkaWiki Foswiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
No
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Chat
No
No
Syntax Examples WikkaWiki Foswiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold*
Italics Format
//italic//
_italic_
Underline Format
__underlined__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
##monospaced##
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
++Strike through text++
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
Aligning Text
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

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

(more options for lists are available)
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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