Pwic.wiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Foswiki

General Features Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
Version
1.2
6.1.29
2.1.9
Last Release Date
2024-06-24 (1 year ago)
2025-09-03 (3 months ago)
2024-12-18 (11 months ago)
Last Update here
2024-06-24 (1 year ago)
2025-10-13 (1 month ago)
2024-12-18 (11 months ago)
Author
Team Pwic.wiki
WackoWiki Team
Foswiki Community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU Affero General Public License version 3
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Python
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Personal, IT consultancy, Software development, Small to medium companies
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
System Requirements Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS
OS Independent
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Stand-alone (Python aiohttp)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
MariaDB
caching of content into database using plugins
Security/Anti-Spam Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Salted password, OAuth2 (Google, Microsoft, Github), 2FA TOTP
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
Patch
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
Development/Support Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
18 ⭐
54 ⭐
116 ⭐
Common Features Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
3
German, English, French
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
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Patch
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Patch
Plugin
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Yes
Links Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Patch
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
All
Math formulas
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
External API for automation and bots
actions (PHP)
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Content Includes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Yes
Statistics Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Output Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Plugin
PDF Export
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Optional
Patch
Plugin
Media and Files Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Contents
Extras Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
No
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
No
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Patch
No
Syntax Examples Pwic.wiki WackoWiki Foswiki
Internal Link
[Paragraph](#p_1_1)
[Page](/project/page)
[Attachment](/special/document/1)
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[Link](https://pwic.wiki/en)
<https://pwic.wiki/en>
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
# Title 1
## Title 2
### Title 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
*bold*
Italics Format
*italics*
//italics//
_italic_
Underline Format
--underline--
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
`keyword`

```python
print('Block of code')
```
##monospace##
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
~~strikethrough~~
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
x<sup>2</sup> (trick)
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
x<sub>2</sub> (trick)
vvsubscriptvv
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![Caption](/special/document/1 "Image").
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
> Block line 1
> Block line 2
one
two
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 1.1
- Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Line 1
2. Line 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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