| General Features | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
6.0
|
1.0.1
|
6.2.0
|
| Last Release Date |
2013-01-22 (13 years ago)
|
2026-01-30 (today)
|
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2013-01-22 (13 years ago)
|
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
|
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
|
| Author |
OpenRoad Communications Ltd
|
Clay Alberty
|
WackoWiki Team
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
Commercial
|
BSD
|
BSD
|
| Programming Language |
ASP.NET C#
|
C#
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Database
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
$119/user (hosted), $10/user (cloud)
|
Free
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Intranet, Corporate, Private
|
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
|
|
| System Requirements | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
| Operating System |
Windows Server 2008, 2012
|
Windows
|
OS Independent
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
IIS
|
IIS 5+
|
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
|
| Other Requirements |
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
|
mod_rewrite (optional)
|
|
| Datastorage | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
| Text Files |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Other |
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2010
|
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
|
MariaDB
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Active Directory, Open Directory, or Custom Modules
|
.NET Membership platform
|
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
|
| Host Blocking |
Patch
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Mail Encryption |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
| nofollow |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Blacklist |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel | |||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
54 ⭐
|
| Common Features | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
11
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Turkish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
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 |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
No
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Links | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
| CamelCase |
No
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Some
|
All
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
complex
|
none
|
simple
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
javascript (optional)
|
actions (PHP)
|
|
| Content Includes |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Usability | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Output | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| PDF Export |
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
| Media and Files | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
Contents
|
|
| Extras | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
| Syntax Examples | ThoughtFarmer | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki |
| Internal Link |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
[pagename] |
[[InternalLink]] ((InternalLink)) [[InternalLink alternate text]] CamelCase |
| External Link |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
{title|url} |
https://wackowiki.org [[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]] [[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]] |
| Headlines |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
!, !!, !!! |
== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ====== |
| Bold Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
**bold** |
**bold** |
| Italics Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
''italics'' |
//italics// |
| Underline Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
__under__ |
__underline__ |
| Monospace Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
##monospace## |
| Strikethrough Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
<<strike>> (using custom tags) |
--strikethrough-- |
| Superscript Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
<<super>> (using custom tags) |
^^superscript^^ |
| Subscript Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
<<sub>> (using custom tags) |
vvsubscriptvv |
| Images |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page |
((image.png)) file:image.png https://example.com/image.png |
| Aligning Text |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
available through custom tags |
{html}<div align="right">{html}
%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%% |
| Text Indentation |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
multiple spaces -> |
one two |
| Bulleted Lists |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
+ ++ +++ ++++ |
*one **One-two *two *three |
| Numbered Lists |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
# ## ### #### |
1. numbered List 1. numbered List-2 2.#8 numbered List, with break |
| Definition Lists |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html} |
| Horizontal Rule |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
|
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