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This is an old revision of MediaWiki made by DarTar on 2005-06-21 15:34:01.

 

MediaWiki


 


MediaWiki is a very popular PHP/MySQL WikiEngine wiki engine, whose success comes 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 available and free engine to run 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.


General Features

[[MediaWiki]] [[go>WikkaWiki]] | [[go>Instiki]] | [[go>Gowiki]] | [[go>Tiddlywiki]] | ^ Current Version | current level | 1.4.4 | 1.0 | 2.0 beta 39 | 1.8.5 | 0.7.1 | 0.1 | 02 Sep 04 | 1.3.4 | 1.1.6.0 | 0.10.1 | 2 | ^ Programming Language | PHP | PHP | Perl | PHP | PHP | Python | Python | Perl | Python | PHP | Ruby | PHP | JavaScript | ^ Data Storage Type | TXT | MySQL | TXT | TXT | MySQL, others | SQLite | Subversion | TXT | TXT | MySQL | Madeline | MySQL | HTML | ^ License | GPL | GPL | GPL | GPL | LGPL | GPL | ? | GPL | GPL | GPL | Ruby's | GPL | BSD | | **Page Features** ||||||||||||| ^ Pages: Printer Friendly | Print CSS | Yes (Print CSS) | ? | Print CSS | Yes | No ? | | Yes | Yes (Print CSS + Page output in print mode (for older browsers)) | Yes (Print CSS) | Yes | No | ^ Pages: Preview Pane | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ^ Pages: [[http://wikka.jsnx.com/WikkaTourEditing|Double-click Edit]] | No | Yes | ? | CookBook Recipe | No | ? | | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ^ Pages: Minor Edit Changes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | | Yes | Yes | No | Auto | Yes | ^ Pages: Edit Changes Summary | Yes | Yes | Yes | CookBook Recipe | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ^ Pages: Recent Changes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Yes | Yes (page + rss + WikiPing + mindmap) | Yes | Yes | ^ Pages: Page History | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ^ Pages: Revisions | unlimited | unlimited | ? | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited ? | | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited? | unlimited? | ^ Pages: Revision Differences | ToCurrent Only | All Revisions | All Revisions | All Revisions | ToCurrent Only | ToCurrent Only | | All Revisions | All Revisions | All Revisions (compare/ history) | Yes | Most Revisions | ^ 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 Formatting Rules** |||||||||||||| ^ 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]] | ^ [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/|Markdown]] support | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ^ [[http://www.textism.com/tools/textile/|Textile]] support | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ^ Text Format: Bold | Yes %%**%% | Yes %%'''%% | Yes | %%'''%% | Yes %%__%% | Yes %%'''%% | | Yes %%*%% | Yes %%'''%% | Yes %%**%% | Yes %%**%% | Yes %%__%% | ^ Text Format: Italics | Yes %%//%% | Yes %%''%% | Yes | %%''%% | Yes %%''%% | Yes %%''%% | | 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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