Wiki on a Stick vs. WackoWiki

General Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Version
0.12.0
6.1.29
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2025-09-03 (3 months ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2025-10-13 (1 month ago)
Author
legolas558
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
BSD
Programming Language
JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Text Files
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
nofollow
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
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Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Links Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Usability Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Statistics Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
Output Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Extras Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Optional
Blogs
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
*bold text*
**bold**
Italics Format
/italics text/
//italics//
Underline Format
_underlined text_
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
Images
[[Image::woas.png]]
((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
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
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}
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