PageWork vs. WackoWiki vs. wxWikiServer

General Features PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Version
0.4.8
6.2.0
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2006-02-07 (19 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
WackoWiki Team
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
BSD
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
C++
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
End users/Desktop
System Requirements PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Operating System
Any
OS Independent
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
built-in
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Patch
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
unknown
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Yes
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Development/Support PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
54 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
2
German, 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
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Links PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Optional
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
All
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
no
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Usability PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Unknown
Statistics PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
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
Keywords
Contents
No
Extras PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
**bold**
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
//italics//
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
__underline__
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
##monospace##
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
vvsubscriptvv
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
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/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%%
] centred text
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
one
two
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
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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