WackoWiki vs. XWiki vs. Confluence vs. WikiASP

General Features WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Version
6.2.1
18.2.1
5.2
1.6.2
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2026-04-09 (1 day ago)
2013-08-13 (12 years ago)
2005-10-13 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2026-04-09 (1 day ago)
2013-08-22 (12 years ago)
2006-08-26 (19 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
XWiki Development Team
Atlassian
Elrey Ronald V.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
License
BSD
LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
FREE
Programming Language
PHP
Java
Java
ASP
Data Storage
Database
Database, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
Enterprise + Technical Teams
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
Hosting Features WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
No
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
Optional
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
No
N/A
System Requirements WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Operating System
OS Independent
Any platform supporting Java 17 or greater
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Servlet 5.0+
Apache Tomcat
IIS
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Java 17, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
Datastorage WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Text Files
No
No
No
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Oracle
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Other
MariaDB
JDBC Databases and in general any database supported by Hibernate; any custom implementation, as the storage is pluggable. Attachments can be saved on the filesystem
MS Access DB
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
XWiki, OpenID Connect, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
No
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Development/Support WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
No
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
40
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
15
Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Links WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Scripting
actions (PHP)
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Yes
Statistics WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Output WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Optional
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
Patch
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Office Export
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
No
Extras WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
XWiki supports 16+ input syntaxes (e.g. confluence, twiki, docbook, mediawiki, xwiki, markdown, etc), see http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#HSupportedSyntaxes for details.

The syntax documented below is XWiki Syntax 2.1 (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax).

[[wiki syntax here>>Space.Page]]
[[Space.Page]]
(Space is optional and is the current space if not specified)
[Page Title]
[Link Title|Page Title#anchor]
[~username]
[^attachment.doc]
WikiWord
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]]
http://www.xwiki.com
[http://www.example.com]
[Link Title|http://www.example.com]
[Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki]
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
= Headline
== Subheadline
=== Sub-subheadline
==== etc..
h1. Top Level Heading
h2. Smaller Heading
h6. Smallest Heading
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
*bold*
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
Italics Format
//italics//
//Italics//
_italics_
''The quotation''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
+underline+
Monospace Format
##monospace##
##monospace##
{{monospace}}
<space char here>This is mono
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--Strike--
-strikethrough-
_This is Strike Through_
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
,,subscript,,
~subscript~
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
image:img.png
image:Space.Page@img.png
[[image:img.png||width="25" height="25"]]
image:http://some/url/img.png

Starting with the xwiki/2.1 syntax, also:
image:icon:cancel
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
(% style="... css here..." %)Text
Text Indentation
one
two
Non-semantic text indentation through styling:

(% style="... css here..." %)multi line text

Quotes:

> This is a quoted text
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* List
** list
*** list
* one
** one-two
* two
* three
* Test
* Bullets
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. Item 1
11. Item 2
111. Item 3
1. Item 4
# one
## one-two
# two
# three
1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

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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