WackoWiki vs. PodWiki

General Features WackoWiki PodWiki
Version
6.3.0
0.9.1
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
GPL / none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
average to advanced users
System Requirements WackoWiki PodWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Unix
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
apache
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage WackoWiki PodWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
MariaDB
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
builtin
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki PodWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki PodWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
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
No
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Links WackoWiki PodWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki PodWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
BBCode Support
Patch
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Usability WackoWiki PodWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki PodWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras WackoWiki PodWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki PodWiki
Internal Link 
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
 
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link 
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
 
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines 
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
 
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
B<bold>
Italics Format 
//italics//
 
I<italics>
Underline Format 
__underline__
 
via html only
Monospace Format 
##monospace##
 
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format 
--strikethrough--
 
via html only
Superscript Format 
^^superscript^^
 
via html only
Subscript Format 
,,subscript,,
 
via html only
Images 
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
 
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text 
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
 
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation 
one
two
 
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists 
*one
**One-two
*two
*three

=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists 
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break



=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists 
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
 
via html only
Horizontal Rule 
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