WackoWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. SubWiki

General Features WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Version
6.2.0
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
0.1-dev
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (2 days ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
no official
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (3 days ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Greg Stein
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Public Domain (!)
Academic Free License
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
small + medium sites, development teams
System Requirements WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
none
Datastorage WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Text Files
No
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Yes
Other
MariaDB
no
No
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Host Blocking
Optional
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
No
Development/Support WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
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
No
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Patch
Unknown
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
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Comments
Flat
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Patch
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Unknown
Links WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
No
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Optional
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
optional
None
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Usability WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Patch
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Optional
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Patch
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
Optional
No
PDF Export
Patch
Optional
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold text__
**bold text**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italics//
''ialic text''
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
optional or via css
N/A
Monospace Format
##monospace##
==monospaced text==
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
optional or via css
N/A
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
N/A
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
optional or via css
N/A
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[link to the image.jpg]
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
optional or via css
N/A
Text Indentation
one
two
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
N/A
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
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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