WackoWiki vs. XoWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Version
6.2.0
0.113
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (29 days ago)
2009-02-17 (16 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (30 days ago)
2009-03-13 (16 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
XOTcl and Tcl
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
large and small organizations as well as individuals
all
System Requirements WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
Yes
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
AOLServer
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Optional
Oracle
No
Yes
Optional
SQLite
Yes
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Optional
Patch
Optional
Mail Encryption
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
111 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Unknown
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
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
3
German, English, Spanish
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Links WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
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
Unknown
Optional
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Tables
simple
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Yes
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Optional
Usability WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Optional
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Statistics WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
Output WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Unknown
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Unknown
Optional
XML export
Yes
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Patch
Unknown
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Unknown
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
Extras WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki XoWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
one
two
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
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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