Git-Wiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Zim vs. ProWiki

General Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Version
1.0
6.2.0
0.56
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jaap Karssenberg
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
BSD
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby
PHP
Python
Perl
Data Storage
RCS
Database
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users, small teams
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Operating System
*nix
OS Independent
Linux, Windows, OSX
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
None
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
Ruby
mod_rewrite (optional)
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
none
Datastorage Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Text Files
No
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Other
Git
MariaDB
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
File permissions
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
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
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
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
No
No
Categories
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Plugin
No
No
Links Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
None
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
actions (PHP)
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
No
Usability Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Output Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
No
Extras Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
No
No
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
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\..
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
=== Heading ===
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
**bold**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
##monospace##
``monospace``
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
_{sub}
<sub>text</sub>
Images
{{Image.png}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{./image.png}}
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
not implemented
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
one
two
indent with tabs
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
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. ...
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
not implemented
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
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not implemented
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