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MediaWiki vs. WikkaWiki

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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''' / <b>bold</b>2)yes (**bold**)
Italicsyes (''italics'' / <i>italics</i>2)yes (//italics//)
Bold Italicsyes (''''bold italics'''')yes (**//bold italics//**)
Underlineyes (<u>underline</u>2)yes (__underline__)
Monospaceyes ( <tt>monospace</tt>2)yes (##monospace##)
Strikethroughyes ( <strike>strikethrough</strike>2)yes (++strikehrough++)
Highlighted notesnoyes (''note'')
Colored textyes2yes ({{color}} action)
Smallyes ( <small>small</small>2)yes3
Superscriptyes2yes3
Subscriptyes2yes3
Keynoyes (#%key#%)
Centeryes2yes (@@center@@)
Greek characters (α β γ δ)yes2yes3
Math characters (∑ √ ± ∞)yes2yes3

Headings

yes (3 levels)yes (6 levels)
Horizontal rulesyes (----)yes (----)
Indentationyes (: indented text)yes (~indented text)
Lists
  • Unordered
  • lists
    yes (* list item)yes (~- list item)
    1. Numbered
    2. lists
      yes (# list item)yes (~1) list item)
      1. Roman-number
      2. lists
        noyes (~I) list item)
        1. Lowercase
        2. roman-number
        3. lists
          noyes (~i) list item)
          1. Alphabetic
          2. lists
            noyes (~A) list item)
            1. Lowercase
            2. alphabetic
            3. lists
              noyes (~a) list item)
              • Inline
                • comments
              noyes (~& comment)
              Definition listsyes (;item :definition)no
              Nested listsyesyes (limited)
              Advanced formatting features
              Advanced math markupyes (TeX to HTML/PNG)limited3
              Tables of Content (TOC)yesno
              Footnotesyesno
              Syntax highlightingnoyes4
              Editing
              Preview-paneyesyes
              Double-click editnoyes
              Section editingyesno
              Edit noteyesyes
              Minor edit flagyesno
              Tracking changes
              Recent changesyesyes (recently changed pages)
              Recent changes RSSnoyes (RSS 0.92)
              Recent changes MindMapnoyes
              Recent changes broadcastingnoyes5
              Recent commentsyesyes (recent comments and recently commented pages)
              Recent comments RSSnono
              Page historyyesyes
              Page revision differencesyesyes
              Page revisions RSS?yes (RSS 2.0)
              Page-related features
              Printer CSS (media="print")yesyes
              Site-related features
              Page indexyesyes
              Embedded objects
              HTMLlimited2full/safe3
              Page administration

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

              [2] A limited set of HTML tags can be directly used in the source.

              [3] HTML can be safely embedded through SafeHTML.

              [4] Advanced syntax highlighting in different languages through GeSHi.

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





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