Wicked vs. WackoWiki vs. wxWikiServer

General Features Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Version
2.0.8
6.2.0
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2017-09-21 (8 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-15 (7 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2006-02-07 (19 years ago)
Author
The Horde Project
WackoWiki Team
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
BSD
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
C++
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
End users/Desktop
System Requirements Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Operating System
Any
OS Independent
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
built-in
Other Requirements
Text_Wiki from PEAR
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
None
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
25 different backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
unknown
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
1 ⭐
54 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
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
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
Flat
Flat
Categories
No
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Unknown
Links Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
None
All
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
No
actions (PHP)
no
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Usability Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Unknown
Statistics Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
No
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Calendar
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
No
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Optional
No
Unknown
Chat
No
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wicked WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Internal Link
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
External Link
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
+ Level 1 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
//italics//
//italics//
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
@@+++ underline @@
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
##monospace##
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
@@--- strikethrough @@
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
Images
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
] centred text
Text Indentation
one
two
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
Definition Lists
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
{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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