WackoWiki vs. XoWiki vs. Zwiki

General Features WackoWiki XoWiki Zwiki
Version
6.2.1
0.113
0.61
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
GPLv2
Programming Language
PHP
XOTcl and Tcl
Python
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
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
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements WackoWiki XoWiki Zwiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
any
Root Access
No
Yes
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
AOLServer
Zope
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WackoWiki XoWiki Zwiki
Text Files
No
No
Plugin
MySQL
Yes
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Plugin
Oracle
No
Yes
Plugin
SQLite
Yes
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
No
Unknown
Other
MariaDB
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki XoWiki Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
Optional
Patch
Patch
Mail Encryption
Optional
Unknown
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Patch
Development/Support WackoWiki XoWiki Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki XoWiki Zwiki
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 Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
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
3
German, English, Spanish
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Links WackoWiki XoWiki Zwiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki XoWiki Zwiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Unknown
No
Footnotes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Optional
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Yes
DTML
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability WackoWiki XoWiki Zwiki
Section Editing
Yes
Optional
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Statistics WackoWiki XoWiki Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Unknown
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Optional
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
Output WackoWiki XoWiki Zwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Unknown
No
Abbreviations
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
XML export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
Patch
Unknown
Patch
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki XoWiki Zwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
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
Filenames only
Extras WackoWiki XoWiki Zwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki XoWiki Zwiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
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}
Horizontal Rule
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