WackoWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
Version
6.1.25
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Any
all
System Requirements WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
various opt. helpers
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Optional
Oracle
No
Yes
Optional
SQLite
No
Yes
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
Optional
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Plugin
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Development/Support WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
32 ⭐
N/A
88 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
20
Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Links WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
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
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
plugins, templates, PHP
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Optional
Usability WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Optional
Statistics WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Extras WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Yes
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki PhpWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
##monospace##
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
<sub>below</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[ 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
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
one
two
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Term:<def>
def
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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