| General Features | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.13.1
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1.5.11c
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1.2.101
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6.3.0
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| Last Release Date |
2011-07-21 (15 years ago)
|
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
|
2006-06-15 (20 years ago)
|
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2011-08-14 (14 years ago)
|
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
|
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
|
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
|
| Author |
Poul Staugaard
|
Ryan Norton
|
Raymond Camden
|
WackoWiki Team
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
new BSD License
|
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
|
Apache
|
BSD
|
| Programming Language |
Python
|
C++
|
ColdFusion
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
other
|
Files
|
Database
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
NA
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
community/personal
|
End users/Desktop
|
Mildly technical
|
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
|
| System Requirements | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
| Operating System |
Windows/Mac/Linux
|
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
|
Windows, Linux, Solaris
|
OS Independent
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Google App Engine or SDK
|
built-in
|
Apache, IIS
|
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
|
| Other Requirements |
Python 2.5
|
None
|
ColdFusion MX
|
mod_rewrite (optional)
|
| Datastorage | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
| Text Files |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Other |
App Engine
|
Access, SQL Server
|
MariaDB
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Google accounts
|
unknown
|
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| nofollow |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Development/Support | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel | ||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
55 ⭐
|
| Common Features | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Restricted by Number
|
Unlimited
|
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
1
English |
0
|
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
|
| Categories |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Links | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Image Links |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
All
|
All
|
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple
|
simple + complex
|
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Scripting |
JavaScript
|
no
|
actions (PHP)
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Usability | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Analysis |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Output | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
No
|
Print View
|
|
| Mobile Friendly |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
| Media and Files | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
No
|
No
|
Contents
|
|
| Extras | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
| Syntax Examples | giewiki | wxWikiServer | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki |
| Internal Link |
TiddlyWiki [[Style library|StyleLib]] [[Plugins|/Plugins]] |
CamelCase [AnotherLink goto alink] |
|
[[InternalLink]] ((InternalLink)) [[InternalLink alternate text]] CamelCase |
| External Link |
http://appengine.google.com [[AppEngine|http://appengine.google.com]] |
http://www.powerslave.com [http://www.external.com xternallink] |
|
https://wackowiki.org [[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]] [[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]] |
| Headlines |
!Headline |
= heading = == heading == === heading === (up to 5 = signs). |
|
== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ====== |
| Bold Format |
''Bald'' |
''' bold text ''' |
|
**bold** |
| Italics Format |
//Italy// |
'' italic text '' |
|
//italics// |
| Underline Format |
__Undertow__ |
|
|
__underline__ |
| Monospace Format |
{{{Courier}}} |
start line with blank space. |
|
##monospace## |
| Strikethrough Format |
--Sorry-- |
|
|
--strikethrough-- |
| Superscript Format |
256^^2^^ |
|
|
^^superscript^^ |
| Subscript Format |
Sub~~script~~ |
|
|
,,subscript,, |
| Images |
<<image /Solnedgang.jpg < 60%>> (Args: file [alignment] [width%]) |
ilocal://icon.jpg img:icon.jpg img:http://www.external/image.jpg |
|
((image.png)) file:image.png https://example.com/image.png |
| Aligning Text |
|
] centred text |
|
{html}<div align="right">{html}
%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%% |
| Text Indentation |
|
> single indent >> two indents >>> more indenting |
|
one two |
| Bulleted Lists |
* One * Two |
* one * two * two.1 |
|
*one **One-two *two *three |
| Numbered Lists |
# One # Two |
1 item one 2 item two Or: # item 1 ## item 1.1 # item two |
|
1. numbered List 1. numbered List-2 2.#8 numbered List, with break |
| Definition Lists |
; term : 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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