PageWork vs. WackoWiki vs. Git-Wiki vs. WiGit

General Features PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
Version
0.4.8
6.2.0
1.0
0.1
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
WackoWiki Team
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
BSD
MIT
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Ruby
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
RCS
other
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private, Public
Private users
System Requirements PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
Operating System
Any
OS Independent
*nix
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
mod_rewrite (optional)
Ruby
Git
Datastorage PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
Text Files
Yes
No
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Patch
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
No
Other
MariaDB
Git
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Plugin system, backends can be added
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
No
Development/Support PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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242 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
Preview
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Plugin
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
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
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
4
Czech, German, English, French
0
Email notification
No
Yes
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
No
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Links PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
Optional
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
HTML Tags
All
All
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
XML based, Javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Usability PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Output PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
Contents
No
Extras PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Optional
No
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork WackoWiki Git-Wiki WiGit
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[InternalLink]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[http://example.org|The title]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
h1. Headline
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
**bold**
**bold**
*Bold*
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
//italics//
//italic//
_Italics_
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
##monospace##
<tt>monospace</tt>
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
--strikethrough--
<s>strikethrough</s>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
vvsubscriptvv
<sub>subscript</sub>
~subscript~
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{Image.png}}
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
Definition Lists
: term : definition
{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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