WackoWiki is a light and handy open-source wiki engine designed for collaborative content creation and knowledge management.

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🚀 Overview

WackoWiki is a versatile, open-source wiki engine designed for collaborative content creation and knowledge management. Built for simplicity and scalability, it empowers teams and communities to efficiently organize, edit, and share information within a secure and customizable environment. Its intuitive interface makes it easy for users to start building structured documentation or project portals, while robust access controls ensure privacy and content integrity.

• What problem does this project solve? It addresses the need for a lightweight, easy-to-install wiki engine that supports multilingual content, revision control, and advanced features without the bloat of heavier alternatives, allowing users to focus on content while linking externally.
• Who is it built for? Teams, communities, businesses, educational institutions, and open-source projects needing simple personal wikis or robust enterprise documentation platforms.
• Why did you build it? To create a powerful, extensible wiki that's light, multilingual, and feature-rich, providing an accessible tool for knowledge sharing since its origins as a fork/port of earlier wiki engines.

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✨ Key Features

• Intuitive and easy to remember markup with WYSIWYG editing (what you think is what you get) and section editing for efficient content creation.
• Full revision control with powerful diffs, page watching, email notifications, and integrated commenting.
• Access control through per-page ACLs, file uploads with thumbnails, and design themes (skins) support.
• Advanced capabilities like automatic table of contents, multilingual UTF-8 support, caching levels, clusters, and actions for embedding functionality.
• Optional: Ongoing development includes PHP 8.5 compatibility and new features in upcoming releases.

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: Custom markup engine, WYSIWYG editor, themes (skins), JavaScript for actions
• Backend: PHP 8.0 - 8.5
• Database: MariaDB, MySQL, SQLite
• Auth: Per-page access control lists (ACLs)
• Hosting: Self-hosted on Apache, Nginx, or any PHP-compatible web server

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👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

• Developers who want to quickly deploy a personal wiki or documentation site
• Teams looking for collaborative tools with revision history and notifications
• Indie makers building knowledge bases, project portals, or community wikis

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📸 Screenshots / Demo

• Live demo: https://wackowiki.org/
• GitHub: https://github.com/WackoWiki/wackowiki

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🔥 Project Status

• 🟢 Actively building

Last updated: 2026-03-24

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❓ FAQ

Is this project free?

Yes — Open Source (BSD-3-Clause license). (Explain briefly.)

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Is the source code available?

Yes — https://github.com/WackoWiki/wackowiki

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Can I contribute?

Report issues at https://wackowiki.org/bugs, submit pull requests on GitHub, provide feedback via the forum at https://wackowiki.org/doc/Forum, or help with translations and testing.

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📬 Contact & Links

• Website: https://wackowiki.org/
• GitHub: https://github.com/WackoWiki/wackowiki
• Twitter/X: N/A
• Email: Contact via forum or GitHub issues

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