WackoWiki vs. WiGit vs. ikiwiki vs. Git-Wiki

General Features WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
Version
6.2.0
0.1
2.67
1.0
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (today)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 day ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Remko Tronçon
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL
MIT
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Perl
Ruby
Data Storage
Database
other
Files, RCS
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users
Anyone
Private, Public
System Requirements WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
*nix
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any, or none
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Git
Ruby
Datastorage WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Yes
Other
MariaDB
Git repositories
Git
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Plugin system, backends can be added
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
242 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
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
0
1
English
4
Czech, German, English, French
Email notification
Yes
No
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
No
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
XML based, Javascript
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
No
Statistics WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
No
Output WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Patch
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
No
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki WiGit ikiwiki Git-Wiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[InternalLink]
[[internal]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
[link text](http://example.org)
[[http://example.org|The title]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
h1. Headline
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
Bold Format
**bold**
*Bold*
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
_Italics_
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
+underlined+
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
##monospace##
@monospace@
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
-strikethrough-
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<s>strikethrough</s>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
~subscript~
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
!image.jpg!
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{Image.png}}
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
one
two
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
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***
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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