WackoWiki vs. Git-Wiki

General Features WackoWiki Git-Wiki
Version
6.2.0
1.0
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
MIT
Programming Language
PHP
Ruby
Data Storage
Database
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private, Public
System Requirements WackoWiki Git-Wiki
Operating System
OS Independent
*nix
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Ruby
Datastorage WackoWiki Git-Wiki
Text Files
No
No
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
MariaDB
Git
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Git-Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Plugin system, backends can be added
Host Blocking
Optional
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki Git-Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
242 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki Git-Wiki
Preview
Yes
Plugin
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki Git-Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
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
Czech, German, English, French
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Links WackoWiki Git-Wiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features WackoWiki Git-Wiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
XML based, Javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Usability WackoWiki Git-Wiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki Git-Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki Git-Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki Git-Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Extras WackoWiki Git-Wiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
Blogs
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Git-Wiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[http://example.org|The title]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
##monospace##
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<s>strikethrough</s>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{Image.png}}
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
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
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