Wiki-Toolkit vs. WackoWiki vs. giewiki

General Features Wiki-Toolkit WackoWiki giewiki
Version
0.72
6.3.0
1.13.1
Last Release Date
2006-08-31 (19 years ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
2011-07-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-12-05 (19 years ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
2011-08-14 (14 years ago)
Author
Dominic Hargreaves
WackoWiki Team
Poul Staugaard
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL/Artistic
BSD
new BSD License
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database
Database
other
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Wiki Developers
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
community/personal
System Requirements Wiki-Toolkit WackoWiki giewiki
Operating System
Anything that runs Perl
OS Independent
Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything with CGI support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Google App Engine or SDK
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Python 2.5
Datastorage Wiki-Toolkit WackoWiki giewiki
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
MariaDB
App Engine
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki-Toolkit WackoWiki giewiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin Interface
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Google accounts
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Wiki-Toolkit WackoWiki giewiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki-toolkit on irc.perl.org
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki-Toolkit WackoWiki giewiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
Yes
No
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
No
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 WackoWiki giewiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
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
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
No
Links Wiki-Toolkit WackoWiki giewiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
No
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Features Wiki-Toolkit WackoWiki giewiki
HTML Tags
All
All
All
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
No
Footnotes
Unknown
Yes
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
No
Usability Wiki-Toolkit WackoWiki giewiki
Section Editing
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Unknown
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
No
Statistics Wiki-Toolkit WackoWiki giewiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Yes
No
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
No
Output Wiki-Toolkit WackoWiki giewiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Unknown
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki-Toolkit WackoWiki giewiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras Wiki-Toolkit WackoWiki giewiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
No
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki-Toolkit WackoWiki giewiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
TiddlyWiki
[[Style library|StyleLib]]
[[Plugins|/Plugins]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://appengine.google.com
[[AppEngine|http://appengine.google.com]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
''Bald''
Italics Format
//italics//
//Italy//
Underline Format
__underline__
__Undertow__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{Courier}}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--Sorry--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
256^^2^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
Sub~~script~~
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
<<image /Solnedgang.jpg < 60%>>
(Args: file [alignment] [width%])
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
one
two
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* One
* Two
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


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