=====WackoWiki vs. WikkaWiki=====
>>**See also**:
~-WikiEngineComparison
>>::c::
===New Project-Homepage for WackoWiki===
http://www.wackowiki.de

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""<p><a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/wackoWikiComparison#hn_Feature_comparison_table">Feature comparison table</a> | <a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/WackoWikiComparison#hn_Reviews_user_feedback">Reviews & user feedback</a></p>
<h4>Feature comparison table</h4>
<p>The aim of the table below is to compare the most prominent features of WikkaWiki and WackoWiki (only the features of the engine released with the packages are listed - any extension/code contribution <em>not included in the official packages</em> is omitted). 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.</p>
<table border=1 cellspacing=1>
<thead>
<tr><th scope="col">Feature</th><th scope="col">WackoWiki</th><th scope="col">WikkaWiki</th></tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">General information</th></tr>
<tr><th>Latest stable release</th><td>R4.2</td><td>1.1.6.0</td></tr>
<tr><th>Platform</th><td>Platform-independent</td><td>Platform-independent</td></tr>
<tr><th>Language</th><td>PHP 4.1+</td><td>PHP 4.1+</td></tr>
<tr><th>Dependencies</th><td>none</td><td>none</td></tr>
<tr><th>Data storage</th><td>MySQL</td><td>MySQL 3.23+</td></tr>
<tr><th>Standards</th><td>XHTML 1.0 Transitional / CSS</td><td>XHTML 1.0 Transitional / CSS</td></tr>
<tr><th>License</th><td>BSD</td><td>GPL</td></tr>
<tr><th>Multilingual</th><td>Yes: de, en, es, fr, pl, pt, ru </td><td> ? </td></tr>
<tr><th>Package size</th><td><a href="http://wackowiki.com/files/wacko.r4.2.zip" title="Download WackoWiki">430Kb</a> <tt>(.zip)</tt></td><td><a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wikka/Wikka-1.1.6.0.tar.gz?download" title="Download WikkaWiki">524Kb</a> <tt>(.tar.gz)</tt></td></tr>
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<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">Text formatting</th></tr>
<tr><th><h2>Headings</h2></th><td>yes (6 levels)</td><td>yes (5 levels)</td></tr>
<tr><th><strong>Bold</strong></th><td>yes (<code>**bold**</code>)</td><td>yes (<code>**bold**</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th><em>Italics</em></th><td>yes (<code>//italics//</code>)</td><td>yes (<code>//italics//</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th><strong><em>Bold Italics</em></strong></th><td>yes (<code>**//bold italics//**</code>)</td><td>yes (<code>**//bold italics//**</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th><u>Underline</u></th><td>yes (<code>__underline__</code>)</td><td>yes (<code>__underline__</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th><tt>Monospace</tt></th><td>yes ( <code>##monospace##</code>)</td><td>yes (<code>##monospace##</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th><strike>Strikethrough</strike></th><td>yes ( <code>--strikethrough--</code>)</td><td>yes (<code>++strikehrough++</code>)</td></tr>
</tbody>

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<tr><th><span class="notes">Highlighted notes</span></th><td>no</td><td>yes (<code>''note''</code>)</td></tr>
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<tr><th><small>Small</small></th><td>yes ( <code><small>small</small></code>^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#mwhtml">2</a>})</td><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#safehtml">3</a>}</td></tr>
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<tr><th>_Subscript</th><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#mwhtml">2</a>}</td><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#safehtml">3</a>}</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="keys">Key</kbd></th><td>no</td><td>yes (<code>#%key#%</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Center</th><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#mwhtml">2</a>}</td><td>yes (<code>@@center@@</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Greek characters (<code>α β γ δ</code>)</th><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#mwhtml">2</a>}</td><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#safehtml">3</a>}</td></tr>
<tr><th>Math characters (<code>∑ √ ± ∞</code>)</th><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#mwhtml">2</a>}</td><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#safehtml">3</a>}</td></tr>
<tr><th>Horizontal rules</th><td>yes (<code>----</code>)</td><td>yes (<code>----</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Indentation</th><td>yes (<code>: indented text</code>)</td><td>yes (<code>~indented text</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Newlines</th><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#mwhtml">2</a>}</td><td>yes (<code>---</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Anchors</th><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#mwhtml">2</a>}</td><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#safehtml">3</a>}</td></tr>
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<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">Lists</th></tr>
<tr><th align="left"><ul><li>Unordered</li><li>lists</li><ul></th><td>yes (<code>* list item</code>)</td><td>yes (<code>~- list item</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th align="left"><ol type="1"><li>Numbered</li><li>lists</li><ol></th><td>yes (<code># list item</code>)</td><td>yes (<code>~1) list item</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th align="left"><ol type="I"><li>Roman-number</li><li>lists</li><ol></th><td>no</td><td>yes (<code>~I) list item</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th align="left"><ol type="i"><li>Lowercase</li><li>roman-number</li><li>lists</li><ol></th><td>no</td><td>yes (<code>~i) list item</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th align="left"><ol type="A"><li>Alphabetic</li><li>lists</li><ol></th><td>no</td><td>yes (<code>~A) list item</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th align="left"><ol type="a"><li>Lowercase</li><li>alphabetic</li><li>lists</li><ol></th><td>no</td><td>yes (<code>~a) list item</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th align="left"><ul class="thread"><li>Inline</li><ul class="thread"><li>comments</li></ul></ul></th><td>no</td><td>yes (<code>~& comment</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Definition lists</th><td>yes (<code>;item :definition</code>)</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Nested lists</th><td>yes</td><td>yes (limited)</td></tr>
</tbody>

<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">Advanced formatting features</th></tr>
<tr><th>Tables</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Advanced math markup</th><td>yes (TeX to MathML/HTML/PNG^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#tex">5</a>})</td><td>limited^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#safehtml">3</a>}</td></tr>
<tr><th>Tables of Content (TOC)</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Syntax highlighting</th><td>no</td><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#geshi">4</a>}</td></tr>
</tbody>

<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">Links</th></tr>
<tr><th>Auto CamelCase links</th><td>no</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Auto URL links</th><td>no</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Free links</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Forced links</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Interwiki links</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Link labels</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Word-extension links</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Footnotes</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Fragment links</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Image links</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Broken links (missing pages)</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
</tbody>

<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">Embedded objects</th></tr>
<tr><th>Images</th><td>yes</td><td>inline/ <code>{{image}}</code> action</td></tr>
<tr><th>Flash</th><td>no</td><td>yes (<code>{{flash}}</code> action)</td></tr>
<tr><th>SVG</th><td>no</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Embedded RSS</th><td>no</td><td>yes (<code>{{rss}}</code> action)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Mindmaps</th><td>no</td><td>yes (FreeMind^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#freemind">6</a>})</td></tr>
<tr><th>HTML</th><td>limited^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#mwhtml">2</a>}</td><td id="html">full/safe^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#safehtml">3</a>}</td></tr>
</tbody>

<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">Editing</th></tr>
<tr><th>Preview-pane</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Double-click edit</th><td>yes (optional)</td><td>yes (optional)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Section editing</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Edit note</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Minor edit flag</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>GUI</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Editing-conflict control</th><td>yes (automatic merge)</td><td>yes (lock)</td></tr>
</tbody>

<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">Tracking changes</th></tr>
<tr><th>Recent changes</th><td>yes</td><td>yes (recently changed pages)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Recent changes RSS</th><td>yes</td><td>yes (RSS 0.92)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Recent changes MindMap</th><td>no</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Recent changes broadcasting</th><td>no</td><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#wikiping">7</a>}</td></tr>
<tr><th>Recent comments</th><td>yes</td><td>yes (recent comments and recently commented pages)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Recent comments RSS</th><td>no</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Page history</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Page revision differences</th><td>yes (all)</td><td>yes (all)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Page revisions RSS</th><td>no</td><td>yes (RSS 2.0)</td></tr>
<tr><th>New pages</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>New pages RSS</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Page watch</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>User contributions</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
</tbody>

<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">Page-related features</th></tr>
<tr><th>Access control</th><td>page locks</td><td>ACL lists (default/per page)^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#acl">8</a>}</td></tr>
<tr><th>Comments</th><td>yes (discussion pages)</td><td>yes (with ACL)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Categories</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Namespaces</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Subpages</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Backlinks</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Search-engine friendly titles</th><td>yes</td><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#smarttitle">9</a>}</td></tr>
<tr><th>Page cloning</th><td>no</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Page deletion</th><td>yes</td><td>yes (admin only)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Page redirection</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Page inclusion</th><td>no</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Page renaming<td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Page source export<td>yes (XML)</td><td>yes (raw text)</td></tr>
</tbody>

<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">Site-related features</th></tr>
<tr><th>Recently viewed pages</th><td>no</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Most popular pages</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Orphaned pages</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Wanted pages</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Page index</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Search engine</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
</tbody>

<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">Layout</th></tr>
<tr><th>User customizable interface</th><td>yes (templates/themes)</td><td>yes (stylesheets)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Print CSS (<code>media="print"</code>)</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
</tbody>

<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">User-related features</th></tr>
<tr><th>User privileges</th><td>yes (anonymous/registered/sysop/bureaucrat/admin)</td><td>yes (anonymous/registered/admin)^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#acl">8</a>}</td></tr>
<tr><th>User registration</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Password retrieval</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>User preferences</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Auto-signature</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
</tbody>

<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">I18n & l10n</th></tr>
<tr><th>Localized interface</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Unicode support</th><td>full</td><td>limited</td></tr>
</tbody>

<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">Extras</th></tr>
<tr><th>Calendar</th><td>no</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Feedback forms</th><td>no</td><td>yes (<code>{{feedback}}</code> action)</td></tr>
<tr><th>File uploads</th><td>yes</td><td>yes (<code>{{files}}</code> action)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Image uploads</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Image gallery</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Image resizing</th><td>yes^{<a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/MediaWikiComparison#resize">10</a>}</td><td>no</td></tr>
</tbody>

<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">Site administration</th></tr>
<tr><th>Referrer management/antispam</th><td>no</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>Site statistics</th><td>extensive</td><td>basic</td></tr>
<tr><th>User list</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>User banning/blacklisting</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Installer</th><td>web-based wizard</td><td>web-based wizard</td></tr>
<tr><th>Upgrader</th><td>limited (most recent versions only)</td><td>web-based wizard (from any previous versions and from <a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/WakkaWiki">WakkaWiki</a>)</td></tr>
<tr><th>URL rewriting</th><td>yes (optional)</td><td>yes (optional)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Database lock</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>Complete logs</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
</tbody>

<tbody>
<tr><th colspan="3" class="minor">Development</th></tr>
<tr><th>Extensibility</th><td>yes</td><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><th>CVS repository</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><th>IRC channel</th><td><a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/mediawiki"><code>#mediawiki</code></a></td><td><a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/wikka"><code>#wikka</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><th>Mailing lists</th><td><a href="http://mail.wikipedia.org/">yes</a></td><td><a href="http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=118997">yes</a></td></tr>
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</tbody>
</table>

<div id="notes">
<h5> Notes:</h5>
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<p id="pear">[1] PHP_Compat library from <a href="http://pear.php.net">PEAR</a> is required. This library doesn't need the PEAR core.</p>
<p id="mwhtml">[2] A <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:HTML_in_wikitext">limited set</a> of HTML tags can be directly used in the source.</p>
<p id="safehtml">[3] HTML can be safely embedded through <a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/SafeHTML">SafeHTML</a> in double-doublequotes, e.g. <code>""_subscript""</code>.</p>
<p id="geshi">[4] Advanced syntax highlighting in different languages through <a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/GeSHi">GeSHi</a>.</p>
<p id="tex">[5] PNG rendering of TeX formulas requires several <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Enable_TeX">external libraries</a> to be installed on the server.</p>
<p id="freemind">[6] <a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/FreeMind">FreeMind</a> mindmaps can be either embedded or inline.</p>
<p id="wikiping">[7] Changes can be broadcast to an external server through the <a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/WikiPing">WikiPing</a> XML-RPC protocol.</p>
<p id="acl">[8] <a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/ACLInfo">Access Control Lists</a> can be set on a per-page basis to allow [admins|single users|no users|registered users|anonymous users] to [read|write|comment] page content.</p>
<p id="smarttitle">[9] The <a href="http://wikka.jsnx.com/SmartTitlesInfo">SmartTitle</a> function allows HTML titles different from the pagename.</p>
<p id="resize">[10] ImageMagick or libgd must be installed on the server</p>
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<p> </p>
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