WackoWiki vs. Zwiki vs. ErfurtWiki

General Features WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
Version
6.2.1
0.61
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPLv2
Public Domain (!)
Programming Language
PHP
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
small + medium sites, development teams
System Requirements WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
any
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Zope
anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
none
Datastorage WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
Text Files
No
Plugin
Plugin
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
Plugin
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
Plugin
RCS
No
Unknown
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
ZODB (zope object database)
no
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Host Blocking
Optional
Patch
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
Plugin
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
Patch
Development/Support WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
56 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Plugin
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Patch
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
0
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Flat
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Optional
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
No
Links WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Patch
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Optional
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Optional
Yes
Scripting
actions (PHP)
DTML
optional
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Patch
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Patch
Unknown
Optional
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
Optional
PDF Export
Patch
Patch
Optional
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
No
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Zwiki ErfurtWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
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..
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold text__
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italics//
''ialic text''
Underline Format
__underline__
optional or via css
Monospace Format
##monospace##
==monospaced text==
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
optional or via css
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
optional or via css
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[link to the image.jpg]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
optional or via css
Text Indentation
one
two
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
Horizontal Rule
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