WackoWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. JSPWiki vs. SubWiki

General Features WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Version
6.2.0
2.67
2.11.0
0.1-dev
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
no official
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Apache Software Foundation
Greg Stein
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Academic Free License
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Java
Python
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database, Files
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Anyone
all
System Requirements WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any, or none
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Optional
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
No
Oracle
No
No
Optional
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
No
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Other
MariaDB
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
No
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
No
Development/Support WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
112 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
1
English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
None
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Usability WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Optional
No
Statistics WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
No
Output WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki ikiwiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[internal]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[link text](http://example.org)
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
__bold__
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italics//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
N/A
Monospace Format
##monospace##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{monospace}}
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
N/A
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
N/A
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
N/A
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
%%(text-align: right) text %%
N/A
Text Indentation
one
two
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
N/A
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# 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}
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
;term:definition
N/A
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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