WiGit vs. WackoWiki vs. LionWiki

General Features WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
Version
0.1
6.2.1
3.2.4
Last Release Date
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
2026-03-03 (12 days ago)
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2026-03-03 (12 days ago)
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
Author
Remko Tronçon
WackoWiki Team
Adam Živnéř
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL v2
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
other
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
free
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
advanced users, minimalists
System Requirements WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
All PHP supported
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
Other Requirements
Git
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Git repositories
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
56 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
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
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Categories
No
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
No
Links WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript (plugin)
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
No
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
No
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples WiGit WackoWiki LionWiki
Internal Link
[InternalLink]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
External Link
"External link":http://externallink.com
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://lionwiki.0o.cz
[Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz]
Headlines
h1. Headline
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
Bold Format
*Bold*
**bold**
'''bold''
Italics Format
_Italics_
//italics//
''italics''
Underline Format
+underlined+
__underline__
'__underline__'
Monospace Format
@monospace@
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
--strikethrough--
'--strikethrough--'
Superscript Format
^superscript^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~subscript~
,,subscript,,
Images
!image.jpg!
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[path_to_img.jpg]
Aligning Text
>Right-aligned
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
Numbered Lists
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
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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