PhpWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Wikepage

General Features PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
6.2.1
2008.1
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
WackoWiki Team
Jose Carlos Medeiros
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users, small groups
System Requirements PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
Platform Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Server Independent
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
mod_rewrite (optional)
n/a
Datastorage PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, 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
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Optional
Structured Data
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Links PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Unknown
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
HTML Tags
Some
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
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
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
Yes
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Optional
No
Blogs
Yes
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage
Internal Link 
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
 
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
 
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
External Link 
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
 
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
 
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
Headlines 
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3

== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
 
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
Bold Format 
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
 
**bold**
 
**Bold**
Italics Format 
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
 
//italics//
 
''Italic''
Underline Format 
<u>underlined</u>
 
__underline__
 
__Underline__
Monospace Format 
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>



##monospace##
 
With a space in front of the text
Strikethrough Format 
<strike>striked through</strike>
 
--strikethrough--
 
n/a
Superscript Format 
<sup>above</sup>
 
^^superscript^^
 
n/a
Subscript Format 
<sub>below</sub>
 
,,subscript,,
 
n/a
Images 
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image

((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
 
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
Aligning Text 
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>


{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
 
n/a
Text Indentation 
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 

one
two
 
n/a
Bulleted Lists 
* list
or
- list
 
*one
**One-two
*two
*three

* Bullet1
* Bullet2
Numbered Lists 
# list
 
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break



n/a
Definition Lists 
Term:<def>
def
 
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
 

                    		
                            

                    

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