WackoWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. wxWikiServer

General Features WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
Version
6.1.25
2.11.0
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2005-12-02 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2006-02-07 (18 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Apache Software Foundation
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Apache License 2.0
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
PHP
Java
C++
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
all
End users/Desktop
System Requirements WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
Operating System
OS Independent
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
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
built-in
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
None
Datastorage WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Optional
No
PostgreSQL
No
Optional
No
Oracle
No
Optional
No
SQLite
No
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Other
MariaDB
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
unknown
Host Blocking
Optional
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
Plugin
No
nofollow
Optional
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
Development/Support WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
32 ⭐
88 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
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
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
No
Comments
Flat
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Links WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
no
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Optional
No
Usability WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Statistics WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki JSPWiki wxWikiServer
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
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://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
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
//italics//
''italics''
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{monospace}}
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
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 %%
] centred text
Text Indentation
one
two
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* 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
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
Horizontal Rule
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