Zim vs. WackoWiki vs. Zwiki

General Features Zim WackoWiki Zwiki
Version
0.56
6.2.1
0.61
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
WackoWiki Team
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPLv2
Programming Language
Python
PHP
Python
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
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements Zim WackoWiki Zwiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
OS Independent
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
None
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Zope
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Zim WackoWiki Zwiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Plugin
MySQL
No
Yes
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
Yes
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
Plugin
No
Unknown
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
MariaDB
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam Zim WackoWiki Zwiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
File permissions
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Patch
Development/Support Zim WackoWiki Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
56 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Zim WackoWiki Zwiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
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
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Zim WackoWiki Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
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
0
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
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 Zwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Zim WackoWiki Zwiki
HTML Tags
None
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Patch
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
Optional
Scripting
None
actions (PHP)
DTML
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability Zim WackoWiki Zwiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics Zim WackoWiki Zwiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Zim WackoWiki Zwiki
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
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
No
Patch
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Zim WackoWiki Zwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Zim WackoWiki Zwiki
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 Zwiki
Internal Link
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
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..
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}
,,subscript,,
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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