Wiki-Toolkit vs. Git-Wiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Version
0.72
1.0
6.3.0
Last Release Date
2006-08-31 (19 years ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
Last Update here
2006-12-05 (19 years ago)
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
Author
Dominic Hargreaves
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL/Artistic
MIT
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
Ruby
PHP
Data Storage
Database
RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Wiki Developers
Private, Public
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Anything that runs Perl
*nix
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything with CGI support
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Ruby
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
Git
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin Interface
Plugin system, backends can be added
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
nofollow
No
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki-toolkit on irc.perl.org
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Preview
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
No
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
Plugin
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
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
0
4
Czech, German, English, French
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
Email notification
Plugin
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
No
Flat
Categories
Plugin
No
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Plugin
Links Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Optional
Freelinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Usability Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
No
Yes
Toolbar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
Yes
Statistics Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Yes
Analysis
Unknown
No
Plugin
Output Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
No
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
Yes
PDF Export
Unknown
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Extras Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
No
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
{{Image.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
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
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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