ProntoWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features ProntoWiki WackoWiki
Version
1.0.1
6.2.0
Last Release Date
2026-01-30 (today)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements ProntoWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Windows
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage ProntoWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Unknown
No
MySQL
Unknown
Yes
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
SQLite
Unknown
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
RCS
Unknown
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
nofollow
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features ProntoWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features ProntoWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
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
No
Flat
Categories
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Links ProntoWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ProntoWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Tables
none
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
Optional
Yes
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Usability ProntoWiki 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 ProntoWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Output ProntoWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files ProntoWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Extras ProntoWiki 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 ProntoWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[pagename]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
{title|url}
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
''italics''
//italics//
Underline Format
__under__
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
vvsubscriptvv
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
one
two
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
{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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