ErfurtWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. ProntoWiki

General Features ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Version
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
6.2.0
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2026-02-06 (today)
Last Update here
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
Author
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
WackoWiki Team
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain (!)
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
C#
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small + medium sites, development teams
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Operating System
any
OS Independent
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
none
mod_rewrite (optional)
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Text Files
Plugin
No
Unknown
MySQL
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
Unknown
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
Unknown
RCS
Plugin
No
Unknown
Other
no
MariaDB
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Plugin
Optional
No
nofollow
Plugin
Optional
No
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Patch
No
No
Development/Support ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
Yes
No
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Unknown
Links ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Patch
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
none
CREOLE support
Optional
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
Plugin
Patch
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
optional
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Patch
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Recent Visitors
Optional
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Optional
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Optional
Yes
No
PDF Export
Optional
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples ErfurtWiki WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Internal Link
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[pagename]
External Link
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
{title|url}
Headlines
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!, !!, !!!
Bold Format
__bold text__
**bold text**
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
''ialic text''
//italics//
''italics''
Underline Format
optional or via css
__underline__
__under__
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
optional or via css
--strikethrough--
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
^^superscript text^^
^^superscript^^
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
optional or via css
vvsubscriptvv
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
[link to the image.jpg]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Aligning Text
optional or via css
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
one
two
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
+
++
+++
++++
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


#
##
###
####
Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
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