WackoWiki vs. alphawiki

General Features WackoWiki alphawiki
Version
6.3.0
v.20160608
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
2016-08-06 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
2016-09-10 (10 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
marty alain
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GNU-GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP+Javascript
Data Storage
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
private users, small teams
System Requirements WackoWiki alphawiki
Operating System
OS Independent
probably every OS
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache with PHP support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WackoWiki alphawiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
MariaDB
None
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki alphawiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
No
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki alphawiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki alphawiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki alphawiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Links WackoWiki alphawiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Syntax Features WackoWiki alphawiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
Scripting
actions (PHP)
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki alphawiki
Section Editing
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Statistics WackoWiki alphawiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki alphawiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
Optional
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Optional
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki alphawiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras WackoWiki alphawiki
Calendar
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki alphawiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
Bold Format
**bold**
{b I am bold}
Italics Format
//italics//
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
__underline__
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
E = mc{sup 2}
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
one
two
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
Horizontal Rule
----
{hr}
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