WackoWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. Corendal Wiki

General Features WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
Version
6.2.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
3.0.2
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2010-04-23 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2010-04-23 (15 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Thierry Danard
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Any
Corporate
System Requirements WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
Operating System
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix / Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache Tomcat, Oracle Application Server
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
various opt. helpers
Java 5.0
Datastorage WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
Yes
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
MariaDB
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Active Directory or Local Accounts
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
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
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Links WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
Yes
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Yes
No
Blogs
Optional
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki PhpWiki Corendal Wiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
//italics//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
##monospace##
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
<sub>below</sub>
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
one
two
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# list
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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