WackoWiki vs. Zim vs. ProWiki

General Features WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Version
6.2.0
0.56
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jaap Karssenberg
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Python
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users, small teams
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Linux, Windows, OSX
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
None
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
none
Datastorage WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Yes
Other
MariaDB
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
File permissions
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
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
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
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
Yes
No
Yes
Comments
Flat
No
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
No
No
Links WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
None
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Usability WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Yes
Output WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
No
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Zim ProWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
=== Heading ===
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
##monospace##
``monospace``
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
_{sub}
<sub>text</sub>
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{./image.png}}
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
not implemented
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
one
two
indent with tabs
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
not implemented
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
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not implemented
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