DokuWiki vs. PmWiki vs. Wiclear vs. WackoWiki

General Features DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
Version
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
2.3.33
1.0
6.1.25
Last Release Date
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2024-04-20 (26 days ago)
2007-08-06 (16 years ago)
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2024-04-21 (25 days ago)
2007-09-16 (16 years ago)
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
David Jobet
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
GPL2+
GPL2
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
All
private users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
All
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Apache
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
none
MySql
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
No
Other
None
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Optional
No
No
Development/Support DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
3582 ⭐
N/A
N/A
32 ⭐
Common Features DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Interface Languages
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
20
Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Flat
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Links DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Scripting
Optional, PHP
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Not at the moment
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Patch
Office Export
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Optional
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples DokuWiki PmWiki Wiclear WackoWiki
Internal Link
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
[Title]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
[Title|http://url.to/]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
''italic''
''italic''
//italics//
Underline Format
__underlined__
{+underlined+}
__underline__
Monospace Format
''monospace''
@@monospace@@
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
{-strikethrough-}
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
'^superscript^'
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
'_subscript_'
vvsubscriptvv
Images
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
Plugin
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
N/A
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
Plugin
: term : definition
;def1 : the complete definition of def1
;def2 : the complete definition of def2
{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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