Git-Wiki vs. WackoWiki vs. WiGit

General Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki WiGit
Version
1.0
6.1.29
0.1
Last Release Date
2025-09-03 (2 months ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2025-10-13 (1 month ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
RCS
Database
other
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users
System Requirements Git-Wiki WackoWiki WiGit
Operating System
*nix
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Ruby
mod_rewrite (optional)
Git
Datastorage Git-Wiki WackoWiki WiGit
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
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki WackoWiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Git-Wiki WackoWiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
54 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki WiGit
Preview
Plugin
Yes
No
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
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
No
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
0
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Flat
No
Categories
No
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Unknown
Links Git-Wiki WackoWiki WiGit
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
Unknown
Syntax Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki WiGit
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Usability Git-Wiki WackoWiki WiGit
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics Git-Wiki WackoWiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Git-Wiki WackoWiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki WackoWiki WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras Git-Wiki WackoWiki WiGit
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 WiGit
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[InternalLink]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
h1. Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
*Bold*
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
_Italics_
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
+underlined+
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
##monospace##
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
--strikethrough--
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
~subscript~
Images
{{Image.png}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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


# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
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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