Pwic.wiki vs. Wiki.js vs. WackoWiki

General Features Pwic.wiki Wiki.js WackoWiki
Version
1.2
2.5.299
6.1.29
Last Release Date
2024-06-24 (1 year ago)
2023-06-03 (2 years ago)
2025-09-03 (3 months ago)
Last Update here
2024-06-24 (1 year ago)
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
2025-10-13 (1 month ago)
Author
Team Pwic.wiki
Nicolas Giard
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU Affero General Public License version 3
AGPL-v3
BSD
Programming Language
Python
Javascript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, other, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Personal, IT consultancy, Software development, Small to medium companies
Everyone
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Pwic.wiki Wiki.js WackoWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS
All
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Stand-alone (Python aiohttp)
All
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Node.js
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Pwic.wiki Wiki.js WackoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Optional
No
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Pwic.wiki Wiki.js WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Salted password, OAuth2 (Google, Microsoft, Github), 2FA TOTP
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
Patch
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
Development/Support Pwic.wiki Wiki.js WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
18 ⭐
27408 ⭐
54 ⭐
Common Features Pwic.wiki Wiki.js WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Optional
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
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 Wiki.js WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
3
German, English, French
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Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
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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
Email notification
Patch
No
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
No
Patch
Structured Data
No
No
Plugin
Links Pwic.wiki Wiki.js WackoWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Patch
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Patch
No
Yes
Syntax Features Pwic.wiki Wiki.js WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
All
Math formulas
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
External API for automation and bots
JS, CSS
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Yes
Usability Pwic.wiki Wiki.js WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Optional
Yes
Statistics Pwic.wiki Wiki.js WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Patch
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Output Pwic.wiki Wiki.js WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Office Export
Optional
No
Patch
Media and Files Pwic.wiki Wiki.js WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras Pwic.wiki Wiki.js WackoWiki
Calendar
No
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
No
No
Plugin
Forums
No
No
Optional
Blogs
Yes
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
No
No
Patch
Syntax Examples Pwic.wiki Wiki.js WackoWiki
Internal Link
[Paragraph](#p_1_1)
[Page](/project/page)
[Attachment](/special/document/1)
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[Link](https://pwic.wiki/en)
<https://pwic.wiki/en>
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
# Title 1
## Title 2
### Title 3
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
**bold**
**Bold Text**
**bold**
Italics Format
*italics*
*Italic Text*
//italics//
Underline Format
--underline--
<u>Underline Text</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
`keyword`

```python
print('Block of code')
```
`Monospace Code`
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
~~strikethrough~~
~~Strikethrough Text~~
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
x<sup>2</sup> (trick)
^Superscript Text^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
x<sub>2</sub> (trick)
~Subscript Text~
vvsubscriptvv
Images
![Caption](/special/document/1 "Image").
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
> Block line 1
> Block line 2
one
two
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 1.1
- Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
1. Line 1
2. Line 2
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
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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