GWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. XoWiki vs. Wiclear

General Features GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki Wiclear
Version
2.4.0
6.2.1
0.113
1.0
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
2007-08-07 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
2007-09-16 (18 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
WackoWiki Team
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
David Jobet
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
BSD
BSD
GPL2
Programming Language
Java
PHP
XOTcl and Tcl
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
large and small organizations as well as individuals
private users
System Requirements GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki Wiclear
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
OS Independent
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
All
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
AOLServer
Apache
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
mod_rewrite (optional)
MySql
Datastorage GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki Wiclear
Text Files
Yes
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Oracle
Yes
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
No
Other
Google Datastore
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki Wiclear
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki Wiclear
# 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 XoWiki Wiclear
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki Wiclear
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
No
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
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Links GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki Wiclear
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki Wiclear
HTML Tags
All
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
actions (PHP)
Yes
Not at the moment
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki Wiclear
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Statistics GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki Wiclear
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Output GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki Wiclear
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Abbreviations
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Unknown
No
Office Export
No
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki Wiclear
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
No
Extras GWiki WackoWiki XoWiki Wiclear
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 XoWiki Wiclear
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[Title]
External Link
[http://example.com]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[Title|http://url.to/]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
_Italic format_
//italics//
''italic''
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
##monospace##
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
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
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
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
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
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}
;def1 : the complete definition of def1
;def2 : the complete definition of def2
Horizontal Rule
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