XoWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
Version
0.113
Pleiades-M45
6.3.0
Last Release Date
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2026-07-18 (26 days ago)
Last Update here
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2026-07-18 (26 days ago)
Author
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
team
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
LGPL
BSD
Programming Language
XOTcl and Tcl
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
large and small organizations as well as individuals
corporate and special interest groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Unix/Linux
OS Independent
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
AOLServer
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
Plugin
No
Oracle
Yes
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Apache
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
No
Optional
Blacklist
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Development/Support XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
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 XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
No
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
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
3
German, English, Spanish
1
English
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
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Links XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
All
Math formulas
Unknown
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
Patch
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Unknown
No
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
Yes
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
Optional
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Statistics XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Output XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
Patch
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
Yes
PDF Export
Unknown
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
Contents
Extras XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples XoWiki KeheiWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
**bold**
Italics Format
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
//italics//
Underline Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underline__
Monospace Format
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
,,subscript,,
Images
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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