WackoWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
Version
6.2.0
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Public Domain (!)
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
small + medium sites, development teams
all
System Requirements WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
anything with PHP support
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
none
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
No
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
Optional
Oracle
No
No
Optional
SQLite
Yes
Plugin
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
Optional
RCS
No
Plugin
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
no
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Mail Encryption
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
nofollow
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
Yes
Development/Support WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
114 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Plugin
No
Change Summary
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Patch
Yes
Interface Languages
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
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Optional
Patch
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Yes
Links WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
optional
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Usability WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Patch
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Optional
Statistics WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Optional
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
Yes
Optional
No
PDF Export
Patch
Optional
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Extras WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki ErfurtWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold text__
**bold text**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
''ialic text''
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
optional or via css
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
##monospace##
==monospaced text==
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
optional or via css
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
optional or via css
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[link to the image.jpg]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
optional or via css
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
one
two
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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