Zwiki vs. WackoWiki vs. XoWiki

General Features Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Version
0.61
6.2.1
0.113
Last Release Date
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2026-03-03 (3 months ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2026-04-25 (2 months ago)
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
Author
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
WackoWiki Team
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
Python
PHP
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
large and small organizations as well as individuals
System Requirements Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Operating System
any
OS Independent
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Zope
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
AOLServer
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Text Files
Plugin
No
No
MySQL
Plugin
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
Yes
Oracle
Plugin
No
Yes
SQLite
Unknown
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
No
Other
ZODB (zope object database)
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
Patch
Optional
Patch
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
Patch
No
Unknown
Development/Support Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Unknown
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
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
0
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
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Links Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
No
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Patch
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Unknown
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Optional
No
Plugin
Scripting
DTML
actions (PHP)
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Patch
Yes
Optional
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Statistics Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Output Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Unknown
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
Patch
Patch
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Contents
Extras Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Zwiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Internal Link
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
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]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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


Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
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