WackoWiki vs. Wiclear vs. Zim

General Features WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
Version
6.2.1
1.0
0.56
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (29 days ago)
2007-08-07 (18 years ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (29 days ago)
2007-09-16 (18 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
David Jobet
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL2
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
private users
Private users, small teams
System Requirements WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
Operating System
OS Independent
All
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache
None
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
MySql
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
File permissions
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
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
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
No
Links WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Features WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Not at the moment
None
Content Includes
Yes
No
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Patch
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
No
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Wiclear Zim
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[Title]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[Title|http://url.to/]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
_{sub}
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
not implemented
Text Indentation
one
two
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
;def1 : the complete definition of def1
;def2 : the complete definition of def2
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
not implemented
remove WackoWiki remove Wiclear remove Zim