GWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Zim

General Features GWiki WackoWiki Zim
Version
2.4.0
6.2.0
0.56
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
WackoWiki Team
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Java
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users, small teams
System Requirements GWiki WackoWiki Zim
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
OS Independent
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
None
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
mod_rewrite (optional)
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage GWiki WackoWiki Zim
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Plugin
Other
Google Datastore
MariaDB
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki WackoWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
File permissions
Host Blocking
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support GWiki WackoWiki Zim
# 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 Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
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 GWiki WackoWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
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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
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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
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
No
Links GWiki WackoWiki Zim
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features GWiki WackoWiki Zim
HTML Tags
All
All
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
actions (PHP)
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability GWiki WackoWiki Zim
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
No
Statistics GWiki WackoWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output GWiki WackoWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
No
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki WackoWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras GWiki WackoWiki Zim
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Optional
No
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
No
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki WackoWiki Zim
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
[http://example.com]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
_Italic format_
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
##monospace##
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
vvsubscriptvv
_{sub}
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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


1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
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}
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
----
not implemented
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