GWiki vs. Zim vs. WackoWiki

General Features GWiki Zim WackoWiki
Version
2.4.0
0.56
6.2.1
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
Jaap Karssenberg
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Java
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Private users, small teams
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements GWiki Zim WackoWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Linux, Windows, OSX
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
None
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage GWiki Zim WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Plugin
No
Other
Google Datastore
Text Files with index in SQLite
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki Zim WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
File permissions
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
nofollow
Optional
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support GWiki Zim WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
N/A
55 ⭐
Common Features GWiki Zim WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
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 Zim WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
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
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
Email notification
Yes
No
Yes
Comments
Threaded
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
No
Plugin
Links GWiki Zim WackoWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Optional
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
No
Yes
Syntax Features GWiki Zim WackoWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
None
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability GWiki Zim WackoWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Yes
Statistics GWiki Zim WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output GWiki Zim WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Patch
Office Export
No
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files GWiki Zim WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Extras GWiki Zim WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
No
Optional
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples GWiki Zim WackoWiki
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[http://example.com]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
=== Heading ===
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
_Italic format_
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
``monospace``
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
~~strike~~
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
^{sup}
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
_{sub}
,,subscript,,
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
{{./image.png}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
not implemented
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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


Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
not implemented
{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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not implemented
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