PodWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. ButorWiki

General Features PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Version
0.9.1
6.2.1
2.2.1
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
2007-03-09 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
WackoWiki Team
Aiman Sawan
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
LGPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
SMB
System Requirements PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Operating System
Unix
OS Independent
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any webserver
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
mod_rewrite (optional)
Tomcat 4.1 +
Datastorage PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
None
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Development/Support PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
56 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
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
No
Special Features PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
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
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Optional
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
No
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Links PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
Perl
actions (PHP)
Internal Macros
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Usability PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Unknown
Analysis
No
Plugin
Unknown
Output PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Keywords
Extras PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki WackoWiki ButorWiki
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
<a href="..."></a>
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
<a href="..."></a>
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
...
Bold Format
B<bold>
**bold**
<b>Bold</b>
Italics Format
I<italics>
//italics//
<i>Italics</i>
Underline Format
via html only
__underline__
<u>Underline</u>
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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