WackoWiki vs. wxWikiServer vs. Git-Wiki

General Features WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
Version
6.2.0
1.5.11c
1.0
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2006-02-07 (19 years ago)
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
MIT
Programming Language
PHP
C++
Ruby
Data Storage
Database
Files
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
NA
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
End users/Desktop
Private, Public
System Requirements WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
Operating System
OS Independent
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
*nix
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
built-in
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Ruby
Datastorage WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
MariaDB
Git
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
unknown
Plugin system, backends can be added
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
242 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
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
1
English
4
Czech, German, English, French
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Comments
Flat
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
No
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
No
Links WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
no
XML based, Javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Usability WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Unknown
No
Statistics WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Extras WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
No
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki wxWikiServer Git-Wiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
[[http://example.org|The title]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
Bold Format
**bold**
''' bold text '''
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
'' italic text ''
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
##monospace##
start line with blank space.
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<s>strikethrough</s>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
{{Image.png}}
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
] centred text
Text Indentation
one
two
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* one
* two
* two.1
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
# 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}
Horizontal Rule
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