Git-Wiki vs. WackoWiki vs. XoWiki

General Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Version
1.0
6.2.1
0.113
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (2 days ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2026-03-03 (2 days ago)
2009-03-13 (16 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
Ruby
PHP
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
large and small organizations as well as individuals
System Requirements Git-Wiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Operating System
*nix
OS Independent
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
AOLServer
Other Requirements
Ruby
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Git-Wiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
Git
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Git-Wiki WackoWiki XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
56 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Unknown
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
Yes
Special Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Threaded
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Yes
Links Git-Wiki WackoWiki XoWiki
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 XoWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Quoting
No
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
actions (PHP)
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability Git-Wiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Optional
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Unknown
Statistics Git-Wiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Output Git-Wiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Unknown
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
No
Yes
Unknown
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Patch
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki WackoWiki XoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
Extras Git-Wiki WackoWiki XoWiki
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 XoWiki
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>
,,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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