SubWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features SubWiki WackoWiki
Version
0.1-dev
6.2.1
Last Release Date
no official
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
Author
Greg Stein
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Academic Free License
BSD
Programming Language
Python
PHP
Data Storage
RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Alpha
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements SubWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage SubWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
No
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam SubWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support SubWiki 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 SubWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features SubWiki 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
Optional
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Links SubWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
No
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features SubWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
None
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
None
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Usability SubWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Statistics SubWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Output SubWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
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 SubWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras SubWiki 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 SubWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
//italics//
Underline Format
N/A
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{monospaced}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
N/A
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
N/A
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
N/A
,,subscript,,
Images
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
N/A
{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
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
N/A
{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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