WackoWiki vs. Sputnik vs. JSPWiki

General Features WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
Version
6.2.0
8.08.13
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2009-02-02 (16 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Yuri Takhteyev
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
MIT/X
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
Lua
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Small teams or private users
all
System Requirements WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
gcc or Lua
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
Optional
SQLite
Yes
Plugin
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
Git
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Yes
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Plugin
nofollow
Optional
No
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Development/Support WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
112 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
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
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Flat
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Links WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Optional
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Lua, JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Optional
Usability WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Optional
Statistics WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Optional
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Extras WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
Yes
Blogs
Optional
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[Sputnik]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
# Sputnik
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
one
two
> Sputnik
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Sputnik
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. Sputnik
# 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
Horizontal Rule
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