Git-Wiki vs. WackoWiki vs. ButorWiki

General Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Version
1.0
6.2.1
2.2.1
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2007-03-09 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Aiman Sawan
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
BSD
LGPL
Programming Language
Ruby
PHP
Java
Data Storage
RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
SMB
System Requirements Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Operating System
*nix
OS Independent
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any webserver
Other Requirements
Ruby
mod_rewrite (optional)
Tomcat 4.1 +
Datastorage Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
Git
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
None
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Development/Support Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
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
No
Yes
Optional
Comments
No
Flat
Threaded
Categories
No
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
No
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Unknown
Links Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
actions (PHP)
Internal Macros
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Usability Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Unknown
Analysis
No
Plugin
Unknown
Output Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Keywords
Extras Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
<a href="..."></a>
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
<a href="..."></a>
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
...
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
<b>Bold</b>
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
<i>Italics</i>
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
<u>Underline</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
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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