PodWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Version
0.9.1
2.11.0
6.2.1
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Apache Software Foundation
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
Java
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
all
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Unix
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Optional
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Optional
No
Oracle
No
Optional
No
SQLite
No
Optional
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
Plugin
Optional
nofollow
No
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
Development/Support PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
113 ⭐
56 ⭐
Common Features PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
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
Email notification
No
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Links PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Optional
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
Perl
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Optional
Yes
Usability PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Optional
Yes
Statistics PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Optional
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Extras PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples PodWiki JSPWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
B<bold>
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
I<italics>
''italics''
//italics//
Underline Format
via html only
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
__underline__
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
{{monospace}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
via html only
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
via html only
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
via html only
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
,,subscript,,
Images
G<logo.png>
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
%%(text-align: right) text %%
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
one
two
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
via html only
;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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