Git-Wiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Zim

General Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim
Version
1.0
6.2.0
0.56
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby
PHP
Python
Data Storage
RCS
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users, small teams
System Requirements Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim
Operating System
*nix
OS Independent
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
None
Other Requirements
Ruby
mod_rewrite (optional)
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim
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
Plugin
Other
Git
MariaDB
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
File permissions
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 Zim
# 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 Zim
Preview
Plugin
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
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 Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
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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
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Flat
No
Categories
No
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
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 Zim
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
none
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
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
actions (PHP)
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Usability Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
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 Zim
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
No
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

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

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
not implemented
Text Indentation
one
two
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
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not implemented
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