PukiWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Version
1.5.1
6.1.25
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2016-03-06 (8 years ago)
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-03-23 (8 years ago)
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
Author
PukiWiki Development Team
WackoWiki Team
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
all
System Requirements PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
OS independent
OS Independent
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
mod_rewrite (optional)
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
Optional
SQLite
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
MariaDB
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Patch
Optional
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Plugin
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
Patch
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Development/Support PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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88 ⭐
Common Features PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
20
Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Plugin
Flat
Flat
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Patch
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Yes
Links PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Patch
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
actions (PHP)
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Usability PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
Patch
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Optional
Statistics PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Extras PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Optional
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Optional
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples PukiWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
'''italic'''
//italics//
''italics''
Underline Format
%%%underlined%%%
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
N/A
##monospace##
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
%%strikethrough%%
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
N/A
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
N/A
vvsubscriptvv
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
N/A
one
two
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
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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