SubWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Wiki-Toolkit

General Features SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Version
0.1-dev
6.2.1
0.72
Last Release Date
no official
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2006-08-31 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2006-12-05 (19 years ago)
Author
Greg Stein
WackoWiki Team
Dominic Hargreaves
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Academic Free License
BSD
GPL/Artistic
Programming Language
Python
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Alpha
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Wiki Developers
System Requirements SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
Anything that runs Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Text Files
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
No
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Plugin Interface
Host Blocking
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
No
nofollow
Yes
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki-toolkit on irc.perl.org
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Preview
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Plugin
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Optional
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
0
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Links SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
No
Yes
Plugin
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
HTML Tags
None
All
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Unknown
Footnotes
No
Yes
Unknown
Quoting
No
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
No
Yes
Plugin
FAQ Tags
No
No
Unknown
Scripting
None
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Usability SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Section Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Unknown
Toolbar
No
Yes
Unknown
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Unknown
Statistics SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Unknown
Analysis
No
Plugin
Unknown
Output SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
No
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
No
Yes
Unknown
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Patch
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
File Attachments
No
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples SubWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit
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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