GWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. XoWiki

General Features GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Version
2.4.0
6.2.1
0.113
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
WackoWiki Team
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
Java
PHP
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
large and small organizations as well as individuals
System Requirements GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
OS Independent
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
AOLServer
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Yes
Oracle
Yes
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
Other
Google Datastore
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Change Summary
Yes
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 GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
2
German, English
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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Links GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Footnotes
No
Yes
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
actions (PHP)
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Statistics GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Output GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Unknown
Abbreviations
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Patch
Unknown
Office Export
No
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
Extras GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
No
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[http://example.com]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
**bold**
Italics Format
_Italic format_
//italics//
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
,,subscript,,
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
one
two
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


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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