| General Features | WackoWiki | Instiki | Zwiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
6.2.1
|
0.30.0
|
0.61
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| Last Release Date |
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
|
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
|
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2026-04-25 (5 days ago)
|
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
|
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
|
| Author |
WackoWiki Team
|
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
|
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
BSD
|
Ruby's
|
GPLv2
|
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
Ruby on Rails
|
Python
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Database
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
|
general, education
|
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
|
| System Requirements | WackoWiki | Instiki | Zwiki |
| Operating System |
OS Independent
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
|
any
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
|
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
|
Zope
|
| Other Requirements |
mod_rewrite (optional)
|
Ruby 2.0-2.6
|
|
| Datastorage | WackoWiki | Instiki | Zwiki |
| Text Files |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Oracle |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| RCS |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Other |
MariaDB
|
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
|
ZODB (zope object database)
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | WackoWiki | Instiki | Zwiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
|
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Mail Encryption |
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
| Development/Support | WackoWiki | Instiki | 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 ⭐
|
506 ⭐
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | WackoWiki | Instiki | Zwiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
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
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | WackoWiki | Instiki | Zwiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
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
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
No
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
No
|
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 | Instiki | Zwiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | WackoWiki | Instiki | Zwiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
All
|
Optional
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Scripting |
actions (PHP)
|
None
|
DTML
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | WackoWiki | Instiki | Zwiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | WackoWiki | Instiki | 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 | Instiki | Zwiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Patch
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| PDF Export |
Patch
|
No
|
Patch
|
| Office Export |
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | WackoWiki | Instiki | Zwiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
No
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | WackoWiki | Instiki | Zwiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Presentations |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Optional
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
Optional
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | WackoWiki | Instiki | Zwiki |
| Internal Link |
[[InternalLink]] ((InternalLink)) [[InternalLink alternate text]] CamelCase |
[[Some Page]] [[Some Page|anchor text]] [[Some Page#anchor]] [[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]] |
WikiName [freeform name] [[double-bracketed]] |
| External Link |
https://wackowiki.org [[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]] [[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]] |
[another site](http://example.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 ====== |
#Level 1# ##Level 2## ###Level 3### ####Level 4#### #####Level 5##### ######Level 6###### |
|
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
**bold** |
|
| Italics Format |
//italics// |
_italic_, *italic* |
|
| Underline Format |
__underline__ |
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'} |
|
| Monospace Format |
##monospace## |
`monospace` |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
--strikethrough-- |
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'} |
|
| Superscript Format |
^^superscript^^ |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
|
| Subscript Format |
,,subscript,, |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
|
| Images |
((image.png)) file:image.png https://example.com/image.png |
, [[image.jpg|alt text:pic]] |
|
| Aligning Text |
{html}<div align="right">{html}
%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%% |
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'} |
|
| Text Indentation |
one two |
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}
> blockquote |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
*one **One-two *two *three |
* 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 1. Item 1.1 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} |
term : definition |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
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