Zim vs. WackoWiki vs. Wiclear

General Features Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
Version
0.56
6.2.1
1.0
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2007-08-07 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2007-09-16 (18 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
WackoWiki Team
David Jobet
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL2
Programming Language
Python
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small teams
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
private users
System Requirements Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
OS Independent
All
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
None
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
mod_rewrite (optional)
MySql
Datastorage Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
Text Files
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
File permissions
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
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
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Unknown
Links Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
HTML Tags
None
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
None
actions (PHP)
Not at the moment
Content Includes
No
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Yes
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Zim WackoWiki Wiclear
Internal Link
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[Title]
External Link
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[Title|http://url.to/]
Headlines
=== Heading ===
== 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
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
``monospace``
##monospace##
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
Strikethrough Format
~~strike~~
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^{sup}
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
_{sub}
,,subscript,,
Images
{{./image.png}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
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
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
Numbered Lists
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
Definition Lists
not implemented
{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
not implemented
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