| General Features | WackoWiki | Wikia |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
6.3.0
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N/A
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| Last Release Date |
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
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N/A
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| Last Update here |
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
|
2013-02-18 (13 years ago)
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| Author |
WackoWiki Team
|
Wikia, Inc.
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| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
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N/A
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| License |
BSD
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N/A
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| Programming Language |
PHP
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N/A
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| Data Storage |
Database
|
N/A
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| License Cost/ Fee |
0
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$0
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| Development status |
Mature
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N/A
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| Intended Audience |
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
|
All users
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| Hosting Features | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
|
unlimited
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| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
unlimited
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| Other Limits |
N/A
|
none
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| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
hate speech, personal attacks, we believe in kindness
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| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
Yes
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| Own Domain |
N/A
|
Optional
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| Ads allowed |
N/A
|
Yes
|
| System Requirements | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| Operating System |
OS Independent
|
N/A
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| Root Access |
No
|
N/A
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| Webserver |
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
|
N/A
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| Other Requirements |
mod_rewrite (optional)
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N/A
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| Datastorage | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| Text Files |
No
|
N/A
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| MySQL |
Yes
|
N/A
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| PostgreSQL |
No
|
N/A
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| Oracle |
No
|
N/A
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| SQLite |
Yes
|
N/A
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
N/A
|
| RCS |
No
|
N/A
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| Other |
MariaDB
|
N/A
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
|
N/A
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| Host Blocking |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Optional
|
| Development/Support | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
N/A
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| Code Repository |
N/A
|
|
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel |
##wikia on freenode
|
|
| Stars on GitHub |
55 ⭐
|
N/A
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| Common Features | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
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| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
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| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
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| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
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| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Yes
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| 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 |
0
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| Email notification |
Yes
|
Optional
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| Comments |
Flat
|
Discussion Pages
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Patch
|
N/A
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| Structured Data |
Plugin
|
Unknown
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| Links | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Optional
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Optional
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Optional
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Optional
|
| BBCode Support |
Patch
|
Optional
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
actions (PHP)
|
Yes
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Usability | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Statistics | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Output | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PDF Export |
Patch
|
Optional
|
| Office Export |
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
Keywords
|
| Extras | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | WackoWiki | Wikia |
| Internal Link |
[[InternalLink]] ((InternalLink)) [[InternalLink alternate text]] CamelCase |
|
| External Link |
https://wackowiki.org [[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]] [[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]] |
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| Headlines |
== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ====== |
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| Bold Format |
**bold** |
|
| Italics Format |
//italics// |
|
| Underline Format |
__underline__ |
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| Monospace Format |
##monospace## |
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| Strikethrough Format |
--strikethrough-- |
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| Superscript Format |
^^superscript^^ |
|
| Subscript Format |
,,subscript,, |
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| Images |
((image.png)) file:image.png https://example.com/image.png |
|
| Aligning Text |
{html}<div align="right">{html}
%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%% |
|
| Text Indentation |
one two |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
*one **One-two *two *three |
|
| Numbered Lists |
1. numbered List 1. numbered List-2 2.#8 numbered List, with break |
|
| Definition Lists |
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html} |
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