MoasdaWiki vs. Zwiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Version
3.9.1
0.61
6.3.0
Last Release Date
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
Last Update here
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
Author
Herbert Reiter
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-3.0-only
GPLv2
BSD
Programming Language
Java
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal usage, small teams
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Any platform with Java VM 17+
any
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Built-in
Zope
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Java VM 17+
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Plugin
No
MySQL
No
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Unknown
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Unknown
No
Other
No
ZODB (zope object database)
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Patch
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Optional
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
No
Development/Support MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
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Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Links MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Patch
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Optional
No
Scripting
JavaScript
DTML
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Patch
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Optional
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
No
Patch
Patch
Office Export
No
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
No
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples MoasdaWiki Zwiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
##italic##
//italics//
Underline Format
__underlined__
__underline__
Monospace Format
@@monospace font@@
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
~~striked through~~
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
,,subscript,,
Images
{{image:wiki.png}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
{{center}}centered text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
{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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