PodWiki vs. WackoWiki

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

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

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

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation 
via stylesheet only
 
one
two
Bulleted Lists 
=over

=item* listitem

=back
 
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists 
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
 
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break
Definition Lists 
via html only
 
{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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