giewiki vs. wxWikiServer vs. WackoWiki

General Features giewiki wxWikiServer WackoWiki
Version
1.13.1
1.5.11c
6.3.0
Last Release Date
2011-07-21 (15 years ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
Last Update here
2011-08-14 (14 years ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
Author
Poul Staugaard
Ryan Norton
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
new BSD License
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
BSD
Programming Language
Python
C++
PHP
Data Storage
other
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
NA
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
community/personal
End users/Desktop
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements giewiki wxWikiServer WackoWiki
Operating System
Windows/Mac/Linux
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Google App Engine or SDK
built-in
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Python 2.5
None
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage giewiki wxWikiServer WackoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
App Engine
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam giewiki wxWikiServer WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Google accounts
unknown
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Optional
nofollow
No
No
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support giewiki wxWikiServer WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features giewiki wxWikiServer WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features giewiki wxWikiServer WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
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
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Categories
Unknown
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Plugin
Links giewiki wxWikiServer WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features giewiki wxWikiServer WackoWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
no
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Yes
Usability giewiki wxWikiServer WackoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Unknown
Yes
Statistics giewiki wxWikiServer WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output giewiki wxWikiServer WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files giewiki wxWikiServer WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras giewiki wxWikiServer WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples giewiki wxWikiServer 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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