WackoWiki vs. WikiWikiWiki

General Features WackoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Version
6.3.0
1.4.0
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
2026-03-31 (6 months ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
2026-03-31 (6 months ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Min Guhong
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
MIT
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Personal, small to medium communities
System Requirements WackoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Any OS running PHP 8.2+
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, Nginx (optional)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
PHP 8.2+; required: json, mbstring, session, hash, pcre; optional: zip, intl
Datastorage WackoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
MariaDB
Search/related indexes cached in JSON (auto-rebuild on stale/invalid)
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Yes
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki WikiWikiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
30 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
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
2
English, Korean
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Links WackoWiki WikiWikiWiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki WikiWikiWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
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
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Office Export
Patch
No
Media and Files WackoWiki WikiWikiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras WackoWiki WikiWikiWiki
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 WikiWikiWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[Title]]
[[Title|Alias]]
[[Parent/Child]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
<https://...>
[Text](https://wikiwikiwiki.wiki)
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
# Headline 1
## Headline 2
### Headline 3
#### Headline 4
##### Headline 5
###### Headline 6
Bold Format
**bold**
**Text**
Italics Format
//italics//
*Text*
Underline Format
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
`code`
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
~~Text~~
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
![](https://wikiwikiwiki.wiki/cherry.jpg)
(image: https://wikiwikiwiki.wiki/cherry.jpg)
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
one
two
> Quote
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
- Watermelon
- Melon
- Peach
- Fig
- Cherry
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. Watermelon
2. Melon
3. Peach
4. Fig
5. Cherry
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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