WackoWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. ProWiki vs. WiGit

General Features WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Version
6.1.29
2.67
2.0.045
0.1
Last Release Date
2025-09-03 (2 months ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-10-13 (1 month ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Helmut Leitner
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files
other
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Anyone
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Private users
System Requirements WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any, or none
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
none
Git
Datastorage WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
No
Other
MariaDB
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
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
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
No
Special Features WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
No
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
Yes
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
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
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Usability WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Output WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
No
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
No
Extras WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki ikiwiki ProWiki WiGit
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[internal]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[InternalLink]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
h1. Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold'''
*Bold*
Italics Format
//italics//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italic''
_Italics_
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
##monospace##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<tt>monospace</tt>
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
[[strike]strikethrough text]
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>text</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>text</sub>
~subscript~
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
!image.jpg!
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]
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
one
two
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
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
# numbered list
## numbered list
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
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
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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