Zim vs. WackoWiki

General Features Zim WackoWiki
Version
0.56
6.2.0
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
2025-12-14 (29 days ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2025-12-13 (30 days ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small teams
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Zim WackoWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
None
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Zim WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Zim WackoWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
File permissions
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
nofollow
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support Zim WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features Zim WackoWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features Zim WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
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
Comments
No
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Links Zim WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Syntax Features Zim WackoWiki
HTML Tags
None
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
none
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
None
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Usability Zim WackoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Statistics Zim WackoWiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Output Zim WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Zim WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras Zim WackoWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Optional
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Zim WackoWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
=== Heading ===
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
``monospace``
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
~~strike~~
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^{sup}
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
_{sub}
vvsubscriptvv
Images
{{./image.png}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
not implemented
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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


Definition Lists
not implemented
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
not implemented
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