WackoWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. SubWiki

General Features WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Version
6.2.0
1.5.1
0.1-dev
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2016-03-07 (9 years ago)
no official
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2016-03-23 (9 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
PukiWiki Development Team
Greg Stein
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Academic Free License
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database
Files
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
OS independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
MariaDB
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
No
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Optional
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
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
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Optional
Comments
Flat
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
No
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Patch
No
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Unknown
Links WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
No
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Patch
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Optional
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
None
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Usability WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Patch
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Optional
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italics//
'''italic'''
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
%%%underlined%%%
N/A
Monospace Format
##monospace##
N/A
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
%%strikethrough%%
N/A
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
N/A
N/A
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
N/A
N/A
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
N/A
Text Indentation
one
two
N/A
N/A
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
:term|definition
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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