WackoWiki vs. ProntoWiki

General Features WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Version
6.2.0
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2026-02-06 (today)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
C#
Data Storage
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Text Files
No
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
Unknown
Oracle
No
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Unknown
Other
MariaDB
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki ProntoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
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
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Links WackoWiki ProntoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
none
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
Patch
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Optional
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki ProntoWiki
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 ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Optional
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki ProntoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Unknown
Embedded Video
Yes
Unknown
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Extras WackoWiki ProntoWiki
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 ProntoWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[pagename]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
{title|url}
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!, !!, !!!
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
__under__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{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%%
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
one
two
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
+
++
+++
++++
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


#
##
###
####
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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