Zwiki vs. XoWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
Version
0.61
0.113
6.3.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
2026-07-18 (26 days ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
2026-07-18 (26 days ago)
Author
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
Python
XOTcl and Tcl
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
large and small organizations as well as individuals
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
any
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
OS Independent
Root Access
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Zope
AOLServer
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Plugin
No
No
MySQL
Plugin
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Plugin
Yes
No
Oracle
Plugin
Yes
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
No
Other
ZODB (zope object database)
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Patch
Patch
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Patch
Unknown
No
Development/Support Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Unknown
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
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
0
3
German, English, Spanish
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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
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Links Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Optional
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
Patch
Optional
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Optional
Plugin
No
Scripting
DTML
Yes
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
Optional
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Patch
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Statistics Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Unknown
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
Yes
Plugin
Output Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Unknown
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
XML export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
Patch
Unknown
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Contents
Extras Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Zwiki XoWiki WackoWiki
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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