WackoWiki vs. giewiki vs. ProWiki

General Features WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Version
6.3.0
1.13.1
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
2011-07-21 (15 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
2011-08-14 (14 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Poul Staugaard
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
new BSD License
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Python
Perl
Data Storage
Database
other
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
community/personal
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Windows/Mac/Linux
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Google App Engine or SDK
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Python 2.5
none
Datastorage WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
MariaDB
App Engine
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Google accounts
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
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
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
No
No
Links WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
Patch
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Usability WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Yes
Output WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
No
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
TiddlyWiki
[[Style library|StyleLib]]
[[Plugins|/Plugins]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://appengine.google.com
[[AppEngine|http://appengine.google.com]]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!Headline
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
**bold**
''Bald''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italics//
//Italy//
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
__Undertow__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{Courier}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--Sorry--
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
256^^2^^
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
Sub~~script~~
<sub>text</sub>
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
<<image /Solnedgang.jpg < 60%>>
(Args: file [alignment] [width%])
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
one
two
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* One
* Two
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# One
# Two
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
; term
: description
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
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