JSPWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. WikyBlog

General Features JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
Version
2.11.0
6.1.25
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2024-04-11 (29 days ago)
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2024-04-11 (29 days ago)
2007-10-24 (16 years ago)
Author
Apache Software Foundation
WackoWiki Team
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Java
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
Operating System
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, anything with PHP
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
mod_rewrite (optional)
MySQL
Datastorage JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
Text Files
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Optional
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Optional
No
No
Oracle
Optional
No
No
SQLite
Optional
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Optional
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
Other
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
No
Host Blocking
Optional
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
Plugin
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Development/Support JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
88 ⭐
32 ⭐
N/A
Common Features JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
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 JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
20
Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Links JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
actions (PHP)
No
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Optional
Yes
No
Usability JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Yes
Statistics JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples JSPWiki WackoWiki WikyBlog
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
__bold__
**bold**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italics''
//italics//
''italic''
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
##monospace##
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
vvsubscriptvv
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
one
two
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
;term:definition
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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