WackoWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. wxWikiServer

General Features WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
Version
6.1.25
2.11.0
2.3.13
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2024-04-11 (21 days ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2018-09-03 (5 years ago)
2005-12-02 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-04-11 (21 days ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2018-10-27 (5 years ago)
2006-02-07 (18 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Apache Software Foundation
Alex Schroeder
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Apache License 2.0
GPL
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
PHP
Java
Perl
C++
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
free
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
all
family people, hackers
End users/Desktop
System Requirements WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
Operating System
OS Independent
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Anything supported by Perl
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Anything supporting CGI scripts
built-in
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Writable data directory
None
Datastorage WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Optional
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Optional
No
No
Oracle
No
Optional
No
No
SQLite
No
Optional
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
No
Other
MariaDB
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
No
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
None (use your web server instead)
unknown
Host Blocking
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
Plugin
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
32 ⭐
88 ⭐
67 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
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
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Comments
Flat
Flat
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Links WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Perl
no
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Statistics WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
No
Output WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Yes
No
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki JSPWiki Oddmuse wxWikiServer
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki: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
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
//italics//
''italics''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{monospace}}
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
%%(text-align: right) text %%
no example known
] centred text
Text Indentation
one
two
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

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