| General Features | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.30.0
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6.2.0
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0.11.5
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2.11.0
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1.0.1
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| Last Release Date |
2019-03-01 (6 years ago)
|
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
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2009-02-17 (16 years ago)
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2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
|
2026-02-06 (today)
|
| Last Update here |
2019-03-04 (6 years ago)
|
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
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2009-09-04 (16 years ago)
|
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
|
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
|
| Author |
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
|
WackoWiki Team
|
Edgewall Software
|
Apache Software Foundation
|
Clay Alberty
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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| License |
Ruby's
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BSD
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Modified BSD license
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Apache License 2.0
|
BSD
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| Programming Language |
Ruby on Rails
|
PHP
|
Python
|
Java
|
C#
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Database
|
Database
|
Database, Files
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
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0
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0
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Free
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Beta
|
Mature
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Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
general, education
|
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
|
Software development teams
|
all
|
|
| System Requirements | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Operating System |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
|
OS Independent
|
Linux distributions, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD and MS Windows
|
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
|
Windows
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| Root Access |
No
|
No
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No
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No
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No
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| Webserver |
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
|
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
|
Apache, Standalone (builtin)
|
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
|
IIS 5+
|
| Other Requirements |
Ruby 2.0-2.6
|
mod_rewrite (optional)
|
Python, setuptools, Genshi, SQLite or PostgreSQL or MySQL
|
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
|
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
|
| Datastorage | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Text Files |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Oracle |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| RCS |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Other |
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
|
MariaDB
|
0
|
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
|
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
|
File, Database, LDAP (all webserver dependant)
|
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
|
.NET Membership platform
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
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Yes
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No
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No
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| Code Repository | |||||
| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Mailing List | |||||
| Support Forum | |||||
| Chat Channel |
Freenode: #jspwiki
|
||||
| Stars on GitHub |
510 ⭐
|
55 ⭐
|
N/A
|
114 ⭐
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Preview |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
1
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 |
141
Afar, Abkhazian, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bihari, Bislama, Bengali; Bangla, Tibetan, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Bhutani, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Fiji, Faroese, French, Frisian, Irish, Scots Gaelic, Galician, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Interlingue, Inupiak, Icelandic, Italian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Javanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Greenlandic, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kashmiri, Kurdish, Kirghiz, Latin, Lingala, Laothian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Maori, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Moldavian, Marathi, Malay, Maltese, Burmese, Nauru, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Oriya, Punjabi, Polish, Pashto, Pushto, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Kirundi, Romanian, Russian, Kinyarwanda, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sangho, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Samoan, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Serbian, Siswati, Sesotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Tajik, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkmen, Tagalog, Setswana, Tonga, Turkish, Tsonga, Tatar, Twi, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Volapuk, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zhuang, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Zulu |
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese |
1
English |
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Comments |
No
|
Flat
|
Plugin
|
Flat
|
No
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Detection
|
Page Locking
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Links | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
All
|
Some
|
Optional
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
none
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Markdown Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Textile Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
None
|
actions (PHP)
|
yes, using Python
|
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Usability | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Statistics | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Output | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Themes & Skins |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| XML export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Contents
|
No
|
Contents
|
|
| Extras | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Calendar |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Instiki | WackoWiki | TracWiki | JSPWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Internal Link |
[[Some Page]] [[Some Page|anchor text]] [[Some Page#anchor]] [[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]] |
[[InternalLink]] ((InternalLink)) [[InternalLink alternate text]] CamelCase |
CamelCase [wiki:ISO9000] [wiki:TitleIndex Title Index] |
[link] [text|link] [text|wiki:link] |
[pagename] |
| External Link |
[another site](http://example.com) |
https://wackowiki.org [[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]] [[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]] |
[http://www.edgewall.com/ Edgewall Software] |
[http://www.example.com/] [example|http://www.example.com/] [text|wiki:link] |
{title|url} |
| Headlines |
#Level 1# ##Level 2## ###Level 3### ####Level 4#### #####Level 5##### ######Level 6###### |
== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ====== |
= Level 1 = == Level 2 == === Level 3 === === Explicit id === #using-explicit-id-in-heading |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
!, !!, !!! |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
**bold** |
'''bold''' |
__bold__ |
**bold** |
| Italics Format |
_italic_, *italic* |
//italics// |
''italic'' |
''italics'' |
''italics'' |
| Underline Format |
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'} |
__underline__ |
__underline__ |
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %% |
__under__ |
| Monospace Format |
`monospace` |
##monospace## |
{{{monospace}}}
`monospace` |
{{monospace}} |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'} |
--strikethrough-- |
~~strike-through~~ |
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %% |
<<strike>> (using custom tags) |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
^^superscript^^ |
^superscript^ |
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %% |
<<super>> (using custom tags) |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
vvsubscriptvv |
,,subscript,, |
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %% |
<<sub>> (using custom tags) |
| Images |
, [[image.jpg|alt text:pic]] |
((image.png)) file:image.png https://example.com/image.png |
[[Image(photo.jpg)]] # simplest [[Image(photo.jpg, 120px)]] # with size [[Image(photo.jpg, right)]] # aligned by keyword [[Image(photo.jpg, nolink)]] # without link |
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}] |
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page |
| Aligning Text |
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'} |
{html}<div align="right">{html}
%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%% |
|
%%(text-align: right) text %% |
available through custom tags |
| Text Indentation |
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}
> blockquote |
one two |
|
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %% %%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %% |
multiple spaces -> |
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
*one **One-two *two *three |
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 1 |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
+ ++ +++ ++++ |
| Numbered Lists |
1. Item 1 1. Item 1.1 2. Item 2 |
1. numbered List 1. numbered List-2 2.#8 numbered List, with break |
1. Item 1 1. Item 1.1 1. Item 1 |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
# ## ### #### |
| Definition Lists |
term : definition |
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html} |
term:: definition |
;term:definition |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
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