WikiASP vs. JSPWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
Version
1.6.2
2.11.0
6.2.0
Last Release Date
2005-10-13 (20 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2025-12-14 (2 months ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-26 (19 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2025-12-13 (2 months ago)
Author
Elrey Ronald V.
Apache Software Foundation
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
FREE
Apache License 2.0
BSD
Programming Language
ASP
Java
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
all
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Windows
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
No
MySQL
Unknown
Optional
Yes
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Optional
No
Oracle
Unknown
Optional
No
SQLite
Unknown
Optional
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
Optional
No
RCS
Unknown
Plugin
No
Other
MS Access DB
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Yes
No
Development/Support WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
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Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Flat
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Links WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
No
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
All
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Optional
Yes
Usability WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Yes
Statistics WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Unknown
No
Plugin
Output WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Patch
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Optional
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
Yes
PDF Export
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Extras WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples WikiASP JSPWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
''The quotation''
''italics''
//italics//
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
__underline__
Monospace Format
<space char here>This is mono
{{monospace}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
_This is Strike Through_
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
vvsubscriptvv
Images
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Test
* Bullets
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
;term:definition
{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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