Git-Wiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Version
1.0
6.1.29
Last Release Date
2025-09-03 (2 months ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2025-10-13 (1 month ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
BSD
Programming Language
Ruby
PHP
Data Storage
RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Operating System
*nix
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Ruby
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Text Files
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
Git
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
nofollow
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support Git-Wiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
54 ⭐
Common Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Categories
No
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Links Git-Wiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Usability Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Statistics Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Output Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Git-Wiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Extras Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Optional
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
Images
{{Image.png}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
{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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