Wiki-Toolkit vs. Git-Wiki vs. WackoWiki vs. giewiki vs. ProWiki

General Features Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Version
0.72
1.0
6.3.0
1.13.1
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2006-08-31 (19 years ago)
2026-07-18 (11 days ago)
2011-07-21 (15 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-12-05 (19 years ago)
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2026-07-18 (11 days ago)
2011-08-14 (14 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
Dominic Hargreaves
WackoWiki Team
Poul Staugaard
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL/Artistic
MIT
BSD
new BSD License
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Ruby
PHP
Python
Perl
Data Storage
Database
RCS
Database
other
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Wiki Developers
Private, Public
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
community/personal
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Operating System
Anything that runs Perl
*nix
OS Independent
Windows/Mac/Linux
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything with CGI support
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Google App Engine or SDK
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
Ruby
mod_rewrite (optional)
Python 2.5
none
Datastorage Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Text Files
No
No
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Other
Git
MariaDB
App Engine
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin Interface
Plugin system, backends can be added
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Google accounts
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki-toolkit on irc.perl.org
Stars on GitHub
N/A
242 ⭐
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Preview
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
No
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
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
No
Flat
Threaded
No
Categories
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
Links Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
All
All
Some
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Patch
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Footnotes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
Usability Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Section Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Output Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Patch
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
PDF Export
Unknown
No
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
No
No
Extras Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Optional
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki-Toolkit Git-Wiki WackoWiki giewiki ProWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
TiddlyWiki
[[Style library|StyleLib]]
[[Plugins|/Plugins]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://appengine.google.com
[[AppEngine|http://appengine.google.com]]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!Headline
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
''Bald''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
//Italy//
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__Undertow__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
##monospace##
{{{Courier}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
--strikethrough--
--Sorry--
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
256^^2^^
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
Sub~~script~~
<sub>text</sub>
Images
{{Image.png}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
<<image /Solnedgang.jpg < 60%>>
(Args: file [alignment] [width%])
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
one
two
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* One
* Two
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# One
# Two
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
; term
: description
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
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remove Wiki-Toolkit remove Git-Wiki remove WackoWiki remove giewiki remove ProWiki