WikyBlog vs. Zwiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Wiclear

General Features WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Version
1.5.4
0.61
6.2.1
1.0
Last Release Date
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2026-03-03 (4 days ago)
2007-08-07 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2026-03-03 (4 days ago)
2007-09-16 (18 years ago)
Author
Josh Schmidt
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
WackoWiki Team
David Jobet
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPLv2
BSD
GPL2
Programming Language
PHP
Python
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Internet Communities
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
private users
System Requirements WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any
OS Independent
All
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
Zope
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache
Other Requirements
MySQL
mod_rewrite (optional)
MySql
Datastorage WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Text Files
No
Plugin
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
No
Unknown
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
No
RCS
No
Unknown
No
No
Other
ZODB (zope object database)
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
Patch
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
No
No
Development/Support WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
56 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Yes
No
Interface Languages
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
0
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
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Links WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
CamelCase
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Optional
No
No
Scripting
No
DTML
actions (PHP)
Not at the moment
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Patch
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
No
Output WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Auto-TOC
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikyBlog Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[Title]
External Link
[http://example.org The title]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[Title|http://url.to/]
Headlines
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
''italic''
//italics//
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
##monospace##
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
[[Image:wiki.png]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
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
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
Definition Lists
; term : definition
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
;def1 : the complete definition of def1
;def2 : the complete definition of def2
Horizontal Rule
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