WackoWiki vs. Zim

General Features WackoWiki Zim
Version
6.2.0
0.56
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users, small teams
System Requirements WackoWiki Zim
Operating System
OS Independent
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
None
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage WackoWiki Zim
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
File permissions
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
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
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Links WackoWiki Zim
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Syntax Features WackoWiki Zim
HTML Tags
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
none
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
None
Content Includes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki Zim
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras WackoWiki Zim
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Zim
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
_{sub}
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
not implemented
Text Indentation
one
two
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
not implemented
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