Oddmuse vs. WackoWiki vs. wxWikiServer

General Features Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Version
2.3.13
6.1.25
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2018-09-03 (5 years ago)
2024-04-11 (29 days ago)
2005-12-02 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-27 (5 years ago)
2024-04-11 (29 days ago)
2006-02-07 (18 years ago)
Author
Alex Schroeder
WackoWiki Team
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
C++
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
family people, hackers
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
End users/Desktop
System Requirements Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Operating System
Anything supported by Perl
OS Independent
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything supporting CGI scripts
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
built-in
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
No
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
unknown
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
67 ⭐
32 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
20
Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
No
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Links Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Optional
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
Perl
actions (PHP)
no
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Usability Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Statistics Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Patch
No
Office Export
No
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
No
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Oddmuse WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Internal Link
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
External Link
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
//italics//
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
##monospace##
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
vvsubscriptvv
Images
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
Aligning Text
no example known
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
] centred text
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
one
two
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
* one
** two
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
Depending on plugins:
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