Git-Wiki vs. WackoWiki vs. giewiki

General Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki
Version
1.0
6.3.0
1.13.1
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
2011-07-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
2011-08-14 (14 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Poul Staugaard
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
BSD
new BSD License
Programming Language
Ruby
PHP
Python
Data Storage
RCS
Database
other
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
community/personal
System Requirements Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki
Operating System
*nix
OS Independent
Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Google App Engine or SDK
Other Requirements
Ruby
mod_rewrite (optional)
Python 2.5
Datastorage Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
Git
MariaDB
App Engine
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Google accounts
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki
# 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 giewiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
No
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
Yes
Special Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
No
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
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
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Threaded
Categories
No
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
No
Plugin
No
Links Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Plugin
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Usability Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
No
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
TiddlyWiki
[[Style library|StyleLib]]
[[Plugins|/Plugins]]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://appengine.google.com
[[AppEngine|http://appengine.google.com]]
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
''Bald''
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
//Italy//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__Undertow__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
##monospace##
{{{Courier}}}
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
--strikethrough--
--Sorry--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
256^^2^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
Sub~~script~~
Images
{{Image.png}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
<<image /Solnedgang.jpg < 60%>>
(Args: file [alignment] [width%])
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
* One
* Two
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# One
# Two
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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