WackoWiki vs. Zwiki vs. XoWiki

General Features WackoWiki Zwiki XoWiki
Version
6.3.0
0.61
0.113
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (1 month ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPLv2
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Python
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
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
large and small organizations as well as individuals
System Requirements WackoWiki Zwiki XoWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
any
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Zope
AOLServer
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WackoWiki Zwiki XoWiki
Text Files
No
Plugin
No
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
Yes
Oracle
No
Plugin
Yes
SQLite
Yes
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Unknown
No
Other
MariaDB
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Zwiki XoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
Optional
Patch
Patch
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
Unknown
Development/Support WackoWiki Zwiki XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki Zwiki XoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Unknown
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 Zwiki XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Links WackoWiki Zwiki XoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki Zwiki XoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Patch
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Unknown
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Optional
Plugin
Scripting
actions (PHP)
DTML
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability WackoWiki Zwiki XoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Patch
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Statistics WackoWiki Zwiki XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Optional
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
Yes
Output WackoWiki Zwiki XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Unknown
Abbreviations
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
Patch
Patch
Unknown
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki Zwiki XoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Contents
Extras WackoWiki Zwiki XoWiki
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 Zwiki XoWiki
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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