WikyBlog vs. Wiclear vs. WackoWiki

General Features WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
Version
1.5.4
1.0
6.2.1
Last Release Date
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
2007-08-07 (18 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
2007-09-16 (18 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
Author
Josh Schmidt
David Jobet
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL2
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Internet Communities
private users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
All
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
Apache
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
MySQL
MySql
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Interface Languages
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
30
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
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Links WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
No
Not at the moment
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Patch
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples WikyBlog Wiclear WackoWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[Title]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[http://example.org The title]
[Title|http://url.to/]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
'''bold'''
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
''italic''
//italics//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
[[Image:wiki.png]]
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
<center>Centered</center>
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
: indented line
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
; term : definition
;def1 : the complete definition of def1
;def2 : the complete definition of def2
{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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