WackoWiki vs. wxWikiServer vs. JSPWiki

General Features WackoWiki wxWikiServer JSPWiki
Version
6.1.25
1.5.11c
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
2005-12-02 (18 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
2006-02-07 (18 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Ryan Norton
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
C++
Java
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
NA
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
End users/Desktop
all
System Requirements WackoWiki wxWikiServer JSPWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
built-in
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage WackoWiki wxWikiServer JSPWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
Optional
SQLite
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki wxWikiServer JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
unknown
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Plugin
nofollow
Optional
No
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Development/Support WackoWiki wxWikiServer JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
32 ⭐
N/A
88 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki wxWikiServer JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki wxWikiServer JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
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
1
English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
No
Plugin
Comments
Flat
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
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
Unknown
Patch
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Links WackoWiki wxWikiServer 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
No
Optional
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki wxWikiServer JSPWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
no
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Optional
Usability WackoWiki wxWikiServer JSPWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Statistics WackoWiki wxWikiServer JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki wxWikiServer JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
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
No
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki wxWikiServer JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Extras WackoWiki wxWikiServer JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki wxWikiServer JSPWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
''' bold text '''
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
'' italic text ''
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
##monospace##
start line with blank space.
{{monospace}}
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
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
[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%%
] centred text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
one
two
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* one
* two
* two.1
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
# 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:definition
Horizontal Rule
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