PageWork vs. PhpWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Wicked

General Features PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Version
0.4.8
phpwiki-1.3.14
6.1.25
2.0.8
Last Release Date
2010-07-19 (13 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
2017-09-20 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (13 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
2018-10-15 (5 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
WackoWiki Team
The Horde Project
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
GPL
BSD
GPL 2
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
Any
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
various opt. helpers
mod_rewrite (optional)
Text_Wiki from PEAR
Datastorage PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Oracle
No
Yes
No
Yes
SQLite
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Yes
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
MariaDB
None
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
25 different backends
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
No
Development/Support PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
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
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
20
Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
Links PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Optional
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
actions (PHP)
No
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Usability PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
No
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
No
Media and Files PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
Contents
No
Extras PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
No
Syntax Examples PageWork PhpWiki WackoWiki Wicked
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
+ Level 1 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italics//
//italics//
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
@@+++ underline @@
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


##monospace##
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
@@--- strikethrough @@
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
<sub>below</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* list
or
- list
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
# list
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
Definition Lists
: term : definition
Term:<def>
def
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
Horizontal Rule
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