WackoWiki vs. Pwic.wiki

General Features WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
Version
6.3.0
1.2
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
2024-06-24 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
2024-06-24 (2 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Team Pwic.wiki
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GNU Affero General Public License version 3
Programming Language
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Personal, IT consultancy, Software development, Small to medium companies
System Requirements WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Linux, Windows, MacOS
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Stand-alone (Python aiohttp)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
Text Files
No
No
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Salted password, OAuth2 (Google, Microsoft, Github), 2FA TOTP
Host Blocking
Optional
Optional
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Patch
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
20 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Optional
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
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
3
German, English, French
Email notification
Yes
Patch
Comments
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Optional
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Links WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Patch
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Patch
Syntax Features WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
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
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
External API for automation and bots
Content Includes
Yes
Patch
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Optional
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Statistics WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Patch
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Output WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Optional
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Optional
Media and Files WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Extras WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
No
Forums
Optional
No
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Patch
No
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Pwic.wiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[Paragraph](#p_1_1)
[Page](/project/page)
[Attachment](/special/document/1)
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[Link](https://pwic.wiki/en)
<https://pwic.wiki/en>
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
# Title 1
## Title 2
### Title 3
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
*italics*
Underline Format
__underline__
--underline--
Monospace Format
##monospace##
`keyword`

```python
print('Block of code')
```
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
~~strikethrough~~
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
x<sup>2</sup> (trick)
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
x<sub>2</sub> (trick)
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
![Caption](/special/document/1 "Image").
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
one
two
> Block line 1
> Block line 2
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
- Item 1
- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. Line 1
2. Line 2
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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