WackoWiki vs. Smeagol

General Features WackoWiki Smeagol
Version
6.3.0
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
2018-05-24 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
2018-10-30 (7 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Simon Brooke
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
Clojure
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Anyone who needs a small simple wiki
System Requirements WackoWiki Smeagol
Operating System
OS Independent
Any (JVM)
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
None needed
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage WackoWiki Smeagol
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Smeagol
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built in
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki Smeagol
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
72 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki Smeagol
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
No
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki Smeagol
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
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
4
German, English, Lithuanian, Russian
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Search
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Patch
No
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Links WackoWiki Smeagol
CamelCase
Optional
Unknown
Freelinks
Yes
Unknown
Backlinks
Yes
Unknown
InterWiki
Yes
Unknown
SisterWiki
No
Unknown
Image Links
Yes
Unknown
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki Smeagol
HTML Tags
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
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 Smeagol
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Statistics WackoWiki Smeagol
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki Smeagol
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Office Export
Patch
No
Media and Files WackoWiki Smeagol
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
No
Extras WackoWiki Smeagol
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
No
Forums
Optional
No
Blogs
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Patch
No
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Smeagol
Internal Link 
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
 
[[Link within this wiki]]
External Link 
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
 
[Link outside this wiki] (http://url.goes.here/)
Headlines 
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
 
# Main heading
## Second level heading
### Third level heading
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
**bold**
Italics Format 
//italics//
 
_italic_
Underline Format 
__underline__
 
not supported
Monospace Format 
##monospace##
 
`code`

or
```
code
```
Strikethrough Format 
--strikethrough--
 
~~strikethrough~~
Superscript Format 
^^superscript^^
 
not supported
Subscript Format 
,,subscript,,
 
not supported
Images 
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
 
![image alt text](http://url.of.image)
Aligning Text 
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
 
not supported
Text Indentation 
one
two
 
not supported
Bulleted Lists 
*one
**One-two
*two
*three

+ (at start of line) ordinary bulleted lists
Numbered Lists 
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break



1. (at start of line) numbered lists
Definition Lists 
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
 
not supported
Horizontal Rule 
----
 
not supported
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