WackoWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki

General Features WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Version
6.3.0
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Starbeamrainbowlabs
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
MPL-2.0
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
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
System Requirements WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Linux / Windows
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Anything PHP enabled
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
Datastorage WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
MariaDB
n/a
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
None yet
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Development/Support WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
206 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
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
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Links WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
CamelCase
Optional
Unknown
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Optional
Tables
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Output WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Office Export
Patch
No
Media and Files WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
Extras WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
No
Forums
Optional
No
Blogs
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[Internal Link]]s
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
# Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italics//
_italics_
Underline Format
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
`code text`
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
~~strikethough text~~
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
sometext^superscript^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
sometext~subscript~
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
Text Indentation
one
two
> Blockquote
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. A
2. B
3. C
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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