GWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. WiGit vs. wxWikiServer

General Features GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
Version
2.4.0
6.2.1
0.1
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2026-04-25 (5 days ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
WackoWiki Team
Remko Tronçon
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
BSD
GPL
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
Java
PHP
PHP
C++
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
other
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users
End users/Desktop
System Requirements GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
OS Independent
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
built-in
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
mod_rewrite (optional)
Git
None
Datastorage GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
No
Other
Google Datastore
MariaDB
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
unknown
Host Blocking
No
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
No
Special Features GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
2
German, English
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
0
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comments
Threaded
Flat
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Links GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
All
All
Some
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
actions (PHP)
no
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Usability GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Statistics GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Output GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
No
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
Patch
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
No
Office Export
No
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
No
Extras GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
No
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki WackoWiki WiGit wxWikiServer
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[InternalLink]
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
External Link
[http://example.com]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
h1. Headline
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
**bold**
*Bold*
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
_Italic format_
//italics//
_Italics_
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
__underline__
+underlined+
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
##monospace##
@monospace@
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
--strikethrough--
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
,,subscript,,
~subscript~
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
!image.jpg!
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
>Right-aligned
] centred text
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
one
two
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
{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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