PukiWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Wiclear

General Features PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Version
1.5.1
6.1.29
1.0
Last Release Date
2016-03-07 (9 years ago)
2025-09-03 (2 months ago)
2007-08-07 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-03-23 (9 years ago)
2025-10-13 (1 month ago)
2007-09-16 (18 years ago)
Author
PukiWiki Development Team
WackoWiki Team
David Jobet
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
BSD
GPL2
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
private users
System Requirements PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Operating System
OS independent
OS Independent
All
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache
Other Requirements
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
mod_rewrite (optional)
MySql
Datastorage PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Text Files
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Patch
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
Patch
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
54 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Flat
Flat
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Unknown
Links PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Patch
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
actions (PHP)
Not at the moment
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Section Editing
Patch
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Editing
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Optional
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples PukiWiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Internal Link
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[Title]
External Link
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[Title|http://url.to/]
Headlines
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
'''italic'''
//italics//
''italic''
Underline Format
%%%underlined%%%
__underline__
Monospace Format
N/A
##monospace##
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
Strikethrough Format
%%strikethrough%%
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
N/A
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
N/A
vvsubscriptvv
Images
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
Aligning Text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
N/A
one
two
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
Numbered Lists
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
Definition Lists
:term|definition
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
;def1 : the complete definition of def1
;def2 : the complete definition of def2
Horizontal Rule
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