Wiki on a Stick vs. WackoWiki vs. WikiCrowd

General Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
Version
0.12.0
6.2.1
0.0.16
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
29 Nov, 2010
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2026-04-25 (5 days ago)
2010-11-29 (15 years ago)
Author
legolas558
WackoWiki Team
Stas Davydov
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
BSD
LGPL
Programming Language
JavaScript
PHP
PHP, XSL, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Personal, Corporate, Community
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
PHP 5.2 or later, Apache mod_rewrite, iconv
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
Text Files
No
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
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
MariaDB
No
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
No
Host Blocking
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
Preview
No
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
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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
2
English, Russian
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
No
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Links Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
CamelCase
No
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
No
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
HTML Tags
All
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Plugin
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Plugin, JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Usability Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
No
Output Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
Plugin
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
No
Blogs
No
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki WikiCrowd
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
@page "Another Wiki Page"
@page[Wiki Page] "Link to Wiki Page"
@page[Wiki Page]
[[Wiki Page or URL]]
External Link
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
@page[http://wikimatrix.org]
@page[http://wikimatrix.org] "It's a link to WikiMatrix"
[[http://wikimatrix.org]]
Headlines
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
@title Some Title
@subtitle Some Subtitle
@subsubtitle Some Subsubtitle
Bold Format
*bold text*
**bold**
*bold*
Italics Format
/italics text/
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
_underlined text_
__underline__
No
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
##monospace##
No
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
No
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
_subscript_
Images
[[Image::woas.png]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
@img url
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
No
Text Indentation
one
two
No
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
@listitem Red
Green
Blue
Numbered Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


No
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
No
Horizontal Rule
----
----
No
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