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MediaWiki

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MediaWiki is a very popular PHP/MySQL WikiEngine wiki engine, whose success comes mainly from projects (like the Wikipedia) that run on this engine. Because of Wikipedia's success, the majority of users tacitly assume that MediaWiki is the only free PHP engine for running a wiki-site. There is a large number of wiki engines, coded in different languages and developed to meet different kinds of need.

The aim of the table below is to compare the most prominent features of WikkaWiki and MediaWiki. This list is far from exhaustive: the best way to understand what wiki engine fits your needs is to install it and give it a try.

 MediaWikiWikkaWiki
General information
Latest stable release1.4.51.1.6.0
LanguagePHP 4+PHP 4.1+
DependenciesExternal (non-packaged) library required for PHP<4.31none
Data storageMySQLMySQL 3.23+
LicenseGPLGPL
Package size (.tar.gz)1,940Kb524Kb
Text formatting
Boldyes ('''bold'''/HTML)yes (**bold** /HTML)
Italicsyes (''italics''/HTML)yes (//italics// /HTML)
Bold Italicsyes (''''bold italics'''' /HTML)yes (**//bold italics//**/HTML)
Underlineyes (HTML)yes (__underline__ /HTML)
Monospaceyes (HTML)yes (##monospace## /HTML)
Strikethroughyes (HTML)yes (++strikehrough++ /HTML)
Highlightnoyes (''highlight'')
Smallyes (HTML)yes (HTML)
Superscriptyes (HTML)yes (HTML)
Subscriptyes (HTML)yes (HTML)
Keynoyes (#%key#%)
Centeryes (HTML)yes (@@center@@ /HTML)
Greek characters (α β γ δ)yes (HTML)yes (HTML)
Math characters (∑ √ ± ∞)yes (HTML)yes (HTML)
Advanced math markupyes (TeX to HTML/PNG)limited (HTML)

Headings

yes (3 levels)yes (6 levels)
Horizontal rulesyes (----)yes (----)
Indentsyes (----)yes (----)
Page-related features
Printer-friendly CSSyesyes
Page indexyesyes
Editing
Preview-paneyesyes
Double-click editnoyes
Section editingyesno
Minor editsyesno
Tracking changes
Recent changesyesyes
Page historyyesyes
Revision differencesyesyes
Recent changes RSSnoyes
Recent changes MindMapnoyes
Recent changes broadcastingnoyes2
Recent commentsyesyes
Recent comments RSSnoyes
Formatting features
Embedded objects
Page administration

[1] PHP_Compat library from PEAR is required. This library doesn't need the PEAR core.

[2] Changes can be broadcast to an external server through the WikiPing XML-RPC protocol.



^ Pages: Search Engine | Content | Content + Titles | ? | Content | Content | Wiki/ Tickets | | Content + Titles + Backlinks + Metadata | Content + Titles + Links + Metadata | Content, Title | Content (incl. RegEx) | Titles | ^ Pages: Site Index | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Title Index | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ^ Text Format: Underline | Yes %%__%% | HTML | Yes | %%{+%% | Yes %%===%% | Yes %%__%% | | Yes | Yes %%__%% | Yes %%__%% | Yes ++ | No | ^ Text Format: Monospace | Yes %%''%% | Yes | Yes | %%@@%% | Yes -+ | Yes %%{{{%% | | Yes %%=%% | Yes %%`%% | Yes %%##%% | Yes %%##%% | Yes | ^ Text Format: Strikethrough | Yes %%%% | HTML | ? | %%{-%% | HTML | ? | | Yes %%%% | No | Yes %%++%%| Yes %%--%% | No | ^ Text Format: Super/Sub | Yes | HTML | Yes | %%'^%% / %%'_%%| HTML | | | Yes (HTML) | Yes %%,,%% %%^%% | No | Yes %%^^%%, ?? | No | ^ Text Format: Center | No | HTML | | %center% | Yes %%::%% | | | Yes, in tables | Yes, in tables | Yes %%@@%% | Yes | No | ^ Text Format: Indentation | No | Yes : | Yes : | %%->%% / %%-%% | ^ Text Format: Bulleted Lists | Yes * | Yes %%* **%% | Yes * | %%* **%% | Yes * | Yes %%* *%% | | Yes %%*%% | Yes * | Yes ~- | Yes %%*%% | Yes * |Yes *| ^ Text Format: Numbered Lists | Yes - | Yes # ## | Yes # | %%# ## ###%% | Yes # | Yes %%1 1%% | | Yes 1. I. i. a. A. | Yes 1. I. i. a. A. | Yes ~1) ~I) ~i) ~a) ~A)| Yes %%#%% | No? | Yes # | ^ Text Format: Definition Lists | No | Yes ; : | Yes | %%: :: :::%% | Yes | ? | | Yes $ : | Yes :: | No| No? | Yes ; : | ^ Text Format: Headings | 5 Levels === | Yes == === ==== | 6 Levels = | %%! !! !!! !!!!%% | Yes ! !! !!! | Yes = == === | | 6 Levels %%---+ ---++%% | Yes = =, == ==, ... | 5 Levels === | Yes %%hn.%% | 3 levels ! | 5 levels !!!!! | | **Link Features** ||||||||||||| ^ WikiEngine | [[DokuWiki]] | [[go>MediaWiki]] | [[go>UseMod]] | [[go>PmWiki]] | [[go>TikiWiki]] | [[go>TracWiki]] | [[go>SubWiki]] | [[go>Twiki]] | [[go>MoinMoin]] | [[go>WikkaWiki]] | [[go>Instiki]] | [[go>Gowiki]] | [[go>Tiddlywiki]] | ^ Links: BackLinks | Yes | Yes | Yes | CookBook Recipe | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Yes | Yes| Yes! | Yes | ^ Links: FreeLinks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ^ Links: [[http://wikka.jsnx.com/AddingLinks|Forced]] | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ^ Links: CamelCase | Optional | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Yes | Yes| Yes | Yes | ^ Links: InterWiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | | Yes | Yes | Yes| No | No | ^ Links: SisterWiki | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | | Yes - with plugin | No | No| No | No | | **Standards and Validation** ||||||||||||| ^ Standards: CSS Styles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ^ Standards: XHTML | 1.0 Trans. | Yes | No | 1.0 Trans. | Yes | ? | | Yes | No | 1.0 Trans.| Yes | ? | ^ Validation: CSS | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ^ Validation: XHTML | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | | Yes | Yes (HTML 4.0 Strict) | Yes| Yes | ? | ===== Advanced Features ===== | **Advanced Features** ||||||||||||| ^ WikiEngine | [[DokuWiki]] | [[go>MediaWiki]] | [[go>UseMod]] | [[go>PmWiki]] | [[go>TikiWiki]] | [[go>TracWiki]] | [[go>SubWiki]] | [[http://www.twiki.org|twiki]] | [[http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de|MoinMoin]] | [[http://wikka.jsnx.com|WikkaWiki]] | [[http://www.instiki.org|Instiki]] | [[http://senseis.xmp.net/?GoWiki|Gowiki]] | | **Page Features** ||||||||||||| ^ Pages: Edit Conflict Detection| Locks & Detect| Yes | Yes | Yes, merges edits | Yes | ? | | Yes | diff3 Conflict Resolution (based on soft locks) | Yes | Locks | Yes? | ^ Pages: Access | | Possible | | | Yes (ACLs) | | | ACLs set by ACLs | ACLs set by administrator | ACLs (read/ write/ comment) set by page owner | | No? | ^ Pages: Section Editing | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | | Yes with Plugins | No | No| No | Yes | ^ Pages: Recent Visitors | No | No | ? | No | Yes | No ? | | Yes | No | No| No | No | ^ Pages: Recently Viewed Pages | Personal Trace| No | ? | No | Personal trace | No ? | | Yes | pers. Trace | No| No | No | ^ Pages: Most/Least Popular | No | No | ? | No | Yes | No ? | | Yes | Yes | No| No | By hand? | ^ Pages: Watch / Observed | No ? | Yes | No ? | No | Yes | No ? | | Yes | Email notification | No | No | Yes | ^ Pages: User Contributions | No ? | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No ? | | Yes with Plugin | Via integrated fulltext search for signature |Mypages/ Userpages list| Yes Authors | No | ^ Pages: WikiMap | ? | No | ? | CookBook Recipe | yes | No ? | | ? | Page map |?| No | No | ^ Pages: Calendar | Contrib | No | ? | CookBook Recipe | yes | No ? | | Yes | Yes |Yes| No | ? | ^ Pages: Comments | No | Discuss Pages | ? | CookBook Recipe | yes | No ? | | Yes | Yes, via plugin |Yes| No | Discuss Pages | ^ Pages: [[http://wikka.jsnx.com/SmartTitlesInfo|Smart titles]] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | | **Text Formatting Rules** ||||||||||||| ^ Text Format: New Line | Yes %%\\%% | HTML %%
%% | ? | %%\\%% | Yes | [BR] | | Yes | %%[[BR]]%% | Yes ---| Yes | Yes %%% | ^ Text Format: Boxed | Yes | use tables | ? | Yes | Yes | No | | Yes | Yes: %%||boxed||%% |Yes| ? | ? | ^ Text Format: Abbreviations | Yes | No | ? | Cookbook Recipe | ? | ? | | ? | No |No| Acronyms | No | ^ Text Format: Emoticon Images | Yes | No | ? | CookBook Recipe | Yes | No | | Yes | Yes |No| No | No | ^ Text Format: Special Chars | Typo, UTF-8 | UTF-8 | ? | Yes &...; | Yes | No | | Yes | UTF-8, numbered HTML entities |Yes| Yes - html | numbered HTML | ^ Text Format: Tables | Simple | Simple/ Complex | Simple? | Simple/ Complex | Yes | Simple | | Yes | Simple, CSS support |Simple (html optional)| Yes - with stylings | No | ^ Text Format: Syntax Highlight | Yes GeSHi | Not in default install, but extensions available (including GeSHi). | ? | CookBook Recipe | Yes | Yes SilverCity | | Yes, with Plugin | Yes, flexible plugin system | Yes Geshi| ? | ? | ^ Text Format: Tableof Contents | Auto | Auto (can be switched on/off) | ? | CookBook Recipe | Yes | No ? | | Auto | Yes (macro) |No| No | Auto | ^ Text Format: TOC Depth | SetByFlag | SetByFlag ? | ? | ? | yes | No | | SetByFlag | SetByPage |n/a| ? | ? | ^ Text Format: Footnotes | Yes %%((%% | No | ? | CookBook Recipe | ? | No ? | | No | Yes |No| Yes | Yes %%[#%% | ^ Text Format: Quoting | Yes %%> >>%% | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No ? | | Yes | No |No| Yes %%bq.%% | No? | ^ Text Format: Inline Comments | | HTML | | ? | ? | | | | No |Yes %%~&%% | | Yes, but only whole lines | ^ Text Format: Custom Styles | No | Yes | ? | WikiStyles | ? | Macros | | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ^ Text Format: FAQ Tags | No | No | ? | Yes Q. A. | ? | No ? | | ? | |No| No | No | ^ Text Format: HTML Tags | HTML/PHP | HTML (lim.) | HTML (lim.?) | HTML (lim.) | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Optional via plugin | Safe HTML | optional | HTML (very lim.) | ^ Text Format: Math Formulas | No | Yes (LaTeX) | ? | CookBook Recipe | via plugin (currently disabled -- security issues) | No ? | | Yes with Plugin | LaTeX plugin |No| No | No | ^ Text Format: Auto Signature | Quickbutton | Yes %%~~~%% | ? | Yes | No | No ? | | Yes | @SIG@ |No| No | No | ^ Text Format: TimeLine | No | Yes | ? | ? | No | No ? | | ? | |No| No | No | | **Link Features** ||||||||||||| ^ Links: File Attachments | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | yes | Yes | | Yes | Yes | Yes| experimental | ? | ^ Links: Inline Images | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |Yes| Yes | Yes | Yes (through URL) | ^ Links: Windows Shares | Yes | No | No | Yes | no | File Source | | Yes, with WebDAV Plugin | | No | No | ? | | **Embedded content** ||||||||||||| ^ [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map|Mindmaps]] | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | [[http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page|Freemind]] (inline/URL)| ? | No | ^ Embedded Flash | Yes | ? | ? |CookBook Recipe | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes (plugin)| ? | ? | ^ Embedded .SVG | No | ? | ? |CookBook Recipe | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ?| ? | ? | ^ Embedded RSS | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes (plugin)| ? | ? | | **Standards and Validation** ? ||||||||||||| ^ Standards: XML Syndication | RSS, ATOM | RSS, ATOM | No | Yes | RSS,ATOM | RSS Tickets | | Wiki RSS | Wiki RSS | Yes | RSS | ? | ^ Standards: Content Export | HTML, RAW | XML | ? | HTML, RAW | yes | ? | | HTML, PDF with Plugin | HTML, RAW, xmlrpc, XML (experimental) | HTML, RAW | HTML, RAW, PDF, Latex | ? | ^ Standards: i18n | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Yes | No| Yes | meaning? | ^ Standards: [[http://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG10/|Auth. Tool Acces.]] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | ? | ? | | **Management** ||||||||||||| ^ Admin: User Profiles | ACL ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | yes | Yes | | Yes | ACL |Yes| No | Yes | ^ Admin: User Authentication | ACL | Yes | ? | Planned | yes | Yes | | Yes | Yes |Yes| Yes | Yes | ^ Admin: Page Rename | No | Yes | Yes | CookBook Recipe | yes | ? | | Yes | Yes | No| Yes | ^ Admin: Page Deletion | Yes (trigger) | Yes | Yes | Yes | yes | ? | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes - orphans only | Yes | ^ Admin: Page Cloning | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ^ Admin: Themes | Templates,CSS | Skins | ? | Skins | yes | ? | | Yes | Yes | yes (beta) | per Web | ? | ^ Locks: Content | BlackList | Yes (URLs only?) | ? | Blocklist | ? | ? | | Yes | distributed Blacklist |Meaning?| Yes? | No? | ^ Locks: Hosts | No | Yes | ? | CookBook Recipe | BlackList | ? | | ? | Yes |Meaning?| ? | No? | ^ Locks: Pages | chmod, [[ACL]] | Yes | ? | Permissions | Permissions | ? | | Page lock with ACL; automatic edit lock | ACLs | ACLs| ? | No? | ^ Tools: Backup | No | MySQL dump | ? | ? | No | ? | | No | dump script; generally, tar %%|%% bzip2 is enough | No| Yes | Yes? | ^ Tools: Dump Snapshot | No | ? | ? | No | yes | Plain TXT | | Plain TXT | HTML export |No| Yes | ? | ^ Tools: Statistics | No | Extension; extensive| ? | Page Counter | Yes | ? | | Yes | Useragents, Pagesize, Pagehits | no | some | Some | ^ Tools: Referrers | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | yes (grouping/blacklist) | ? | ? | ^ Pagechange Mail Notification | WikiAdmin | Soon | ? | Mailing List | Yes | Yes - Tickets | | Yes | per page, free regexes possible |No| No | No | ^ PlugIns: Extensibility | planned | Extensive | ? | Recipes | Yes | Processors | | Extensive | Yes, extensive | Extensive | | ? | | **Miscellaneous Features** ||||||||||||| ^ Categories/Groups | namespaces | namespaces, cats | subpages | WikiGroups | Yes | | | Yes | Yes/Yes |Yes/No| Yes | keywords, paths | ^ GUI Editor | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes - Simple | | Yes (with addon) | No |Yes (optional)| No | ? | ^ DataBase: SQL | No | MySQL | No | Optional | Yes - ADO | SQLite | | Yes with Plugin | No | MySQL| No | MySQL | ^ DataBase: DBM | No | No | No | Optional | ? | | | Yes with Plugin | No | No| No | No | ^ DataBase: Flat-Files | Raw TextFiles | No | Yes | FlatFiles | No | | | Yes | Yes | No| No | No | ^ DataBase: CVS | No | No | No | CookBook Recipe | No | | | No | No |No| No | No | ^ Cache | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | | Yes | Yes |No| Yes | ? | ^ WikiFarms | No | Yes, wikicities | ? | Yes | No | ? | | Yes, TWiki webs | Yes |No| ? | No | ^ Language Locales | 20+ | 60+ | en, ... | 18 | 20+ | ? | | 4 | ~18 |en| UTF-8? | en | ^ Unicode | [[utf8|UTF-8]] | UTF-8 | ? | UTF-8 | UTF-8 | UTF-8 | | UTF-8 | UTF-8 | not yet| | ? | ^ Form handling | ? | Meaning? | ? | CookBook Recipe | Via trackers | ? | | Yes, TWikiForms | ? | ? | ? | ? | ^ Reporting with formatted search | ? | Meaning? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ^ Import spreadsheet | ? | ? | ? | Cookbook Recipe | ? | ? | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ^ Spreadsheet calculation | ? | No | ? | No | in 1.9 | ? | | Yes with Plugin | Yes, plugin | ? | ? | No | ^ Calendaring | ? | No | ? | CookBook Recipe | yes | ? | | Yes with Plugin | Yes, built-in | ? | ? | No | ^ Installation | Easy Conf. | Wizard | ? | Simple Conf. NO need for DB | Wizard | | | Easy Conf. | Easy |Wizard| one-click http server incl. | ? |



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