WackoWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. ProntoWiki

General Features WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Version
6.2.0
2.11.0
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2026-02-06 (today)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Apache Software Foundation
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Apache License 2.0
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Java
C#
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
all
System Requirements WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Optional
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
Optional
Unknown
Oracle
No
Optional
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
Optional
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
Unknown
RCS
No
Plugin
Unknown
Other
MariaDB
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
Optional
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Plugin
No
nofollow
Optional
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
Development/Support WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
114 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
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
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
No
Comments
Flat
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Links WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Optional
No
Usability WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
No
Statistics WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Extras WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki JSPWiki ProntoWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
[pagename]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
{title|url}
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!, !!, !!!
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
''italics''
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
__under__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
%%(text-align: right) text %%
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
one
two
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
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


# 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}
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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