WackoWiki vs. ConnectedText

General Features WackoWiki ConnectedText
Version
6.3.0
5.0.0.1
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Eduardo Mauro
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
License
BSD
Commercial
Programming Language
PHP
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
Data Storage
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
39,95
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
System Requirements WackoWiki ConnectedText
Operating System
OS Independent
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
No need
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
none
Datastorage WackoWiki ConnectedText
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
MariaDB
Firebird
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki ConnectedText
Page Permissions
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
No need
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki ConnectedText
# 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 ConnectedText
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki ConnectedText
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
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
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Links WackoWiki ConnectedText
CamelCase
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki ConnectedText
HTML Tags
All
Some
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
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki ConnectedText
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki ConnectedText
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Output WackoWiki ConnectedText
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Patch
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki ConnectedText
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras WackoWiki ConnectedText
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki ConnectedText
Internal Link 
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
 
[[wiki page]]
[[wiki page|Title]]
External Link 
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
 
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]]
Headlines 
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
 
= Head1 =
== Head 2 ==
=== Head 3 ====
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
**bold**
Italics Format 
//italics//
 
//italic//
Underline Format 
__underline__
 
__Underline__
Monospace Format 
##monospace##
 
{{{Monospace}}}
Strikethrough Format 
--strikethrough--
 
--Strikethrough--
Superscript Format 
^^superscript^^
 
^^Superscript^^
Subscript Format 
,,subscript,,
 
vvSubscriptvv
Images 
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
 
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]]
Aligning Text 
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
 
~~Centered text~~
Text Indentation 
one
two
 
: First level of indenting
:: Second level
Bulleted Lists 
*one
**One-two
*two
*three

* First item
* Seconditem
Numbered Lists 
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break



1. First item
1. Second item
Definition Lists 
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
 
;Term:Definition
Horizontal Rule 
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