WackoWiki vs. giewiki vs. Zwiki

General Features WackoWiki giewiki Zwiki
Version
6.3.0
1.13.1
0.61
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
2011-07-21 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
2011-08-14 (14 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Poul Staugaard
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
new BSD License
GPLv2
Programming Language
PHP
Python
Python
Data Storage
Database
other
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
community/personal
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements WackoWiki giewiki Zwiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Windows/Mac/Linux
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Google App Engine or SDK
Zope
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Python 2.5
Datastorage WackoWiki giewiki Zwiki
Text Files
No
No
Plugin
MySQL
Yes
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
No
Unknown
Other
MariaDB
App Engine
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki giewiki Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Google accounts
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Optional
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Patch
Development/Support WackoWiki giewiki Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki giewiki Zwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
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
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki giewiki Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Optional
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
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Unknown
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Unknown
Links WackoWiki giewiki Zwiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki giewiki Zwiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
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
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Optional
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
DTML
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability WackoWiki giewiki Zwiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics WackoWiki giewiki Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki giewiki Zwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Patch
No
Patch
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki giewiki Zwiki
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
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras WackoWiki giewiki Zwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
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 giewiki Zwiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
TiddlyWiki
[[Style library|StyleLib]]
[[Plugins|/Plugins]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://appengine.google.com
[[AppEngine|http://appengine.google.com]]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
''Bald''
Italics Format
//italics//
//Italy//
Underline Format
__underline__
__Undertow__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{Courier}}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--Sorry--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
256^^2^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
Sub~~script~~
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
<<image /Solnedgang.jpg < 60%>>
(Args: file [alignment] [width%])
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
one
two
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* One
* Two
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


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