WackoWiki vs. LionWiki

General Features WackoWiki LionWiki
Version
6.2.1
3.2.4
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (12 days ago)
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (12 days ago)
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Adam Živnéř
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL v2
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
advanced users, minimalists
System Requirements WackoWiki LionWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
All PHP supported
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WackoWiki LionWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki LionWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Optional
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki LionWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
56 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki LionWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki LionWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
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
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
No
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Links WackoWiki LionWiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki LionWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript (plugin)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Usability WackoWiki LionWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki LionWiki
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 LionWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki LionWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras WackoWiki LionWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
Blogs
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki LionWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://lionwiki.0o.cz
[Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold''
Italics Format
//italics//
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
'__underline__'
Monospace Format
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
'--strikethrough--'
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[path_to_img.jpg]
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
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
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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