WackoWiki

Powerful, extensible open-source wiki engine for collaborative knowledge management.

About WackoWiki

WackoWiki is a lightweight, open-source wiki engine for collaborative content creation and knowledge management. It offers easy-to-remember markup, WYSIWYG-style editing, full revision control with powerful diffs, per-page access control lists, page watching with email notifications, uploads, themes and several cache levels. Completely multilingual with full UTF-8 support, it runs on PHP with MariaDB, MySQL or SQLite, suiting personal wikis through to enterprise documentation platforms.

WackoWiki website preview

Live preview of wackowiki.org via the WordPress mShots service — it can take a few seconds to generate on a first visit.

WackoWiki: strengths & things to check

Strengths

Completely free to use — this directory lists no paid plan for it.
Covers wiki, knowledge base, open source, php — see the focus areas listed in its key facts.
Has 6 close alternatives in the same category on this page, so switching or comparing is easy.

Things to check

Free tools can change their model or shut down — avoid locking critical work into it without an export path.
Current plan prices are not listed here (they change too often to print reliably) — confirm the exact price on the official site.
It is one of 2092 tools in the Productivity & Notes category here — compare it against the alternatives below before you commit.

Derived from this listing's own data (pricing model, focus areas and category) — not a hands-on review score.

WackoWiki pricing

Pricing model	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Free access	Yes — fully free
Current plan prices	Listed on the official site — prices change, so this directory links out instead of printing a number that may already be stale.
Official site	wackowiki.org

WackoWiki key facts

Category: Productivity & Notes
Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas: wiki, knowledge base, open source, php
Official site: wackowiki.org

WackoWiki FAQ

How much does WackoWiki cost?

Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it. Current plans and prices are listed on the official site (wackowiki.org).

What is WackoWiki used for?

Powerful, extensible open-source wiki engine for collaborative knowledge management. Its focus areas in the Productivity & Notes category: wiki, knowledge base, open source, php.

Where can I try WackoWiki?

On its official site, wackowiki.org — the Visit Official Site button above goes straight there.

WackoWiki vs alternatives

	WackoWiki	WiKiss	Docmost	AmuseWiki
Pricing	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas	wiki, knowledge base, open source, php	wiki, php, open source, knowledge base	wiki, documentation, knowledge base, open source, self hosted	wiki, publishing, books, open source
Official site	wackowiki.org	wikiss.tuxfamily.org	docmost.com	amusewiki.org
Directory status	Listed	Listed	Listed	Listed

Side-by-side from each listing's own directory data. Full alternative cards are below.

About the Productivity & Notes category

Notes, tasks, and project tools that keep you organized and focused. The Productivity & Notes category on Tools Hub currently lists 2092 tools. Alongside WackoWiki, it includes Magic Potion, Pydio Cells, WikiSuite, Mayan EDMS.

FreeProductivity & Noteswikiknowledge-baseopen-sourcephp

Alternatives to WackoWiki

Tools in the same Productivity & Notes category that share focus areas with WackoWiki — worth comparing before you commit:

Productivity & Notes

WiKiss

A simple wiki that installs in minutes with only PHP

Freewikiphpopen-sourceknowledge-base

Productivity & Notes

Docmost

Open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software for teams

Freemiumwikidocumentationknowledge-baseopen-source

Productivity & Notes

AmuseWiki

A library-oriented wiki engine and publishing platform, 100% free software.

Freewikipublishingbooksopen-source

Productivity & Notes

An Otter Wiki

A minimalistic wiki powered by Python, Markdown and Git

Freewikimarkdownopen-sourceself-hosted

Productivity & Notes

Atomic Server

Local-first workspace for documents, tables and files, now atomic.place

Freemiumknowledge-baselocal-firstopen-sourceself-hosted

Productivity & Notes

Documize

Knowledge management on your own infrastructure

Freemiumwikiknowledge-basedocumentation

More in Productivity & Notes

Comparing tools in the Productivity & Notes category? These related listings are worth a look: Magic Potion — Visual AI prompt editor to create, optimize and share prompts; Pydio Cells — Self-hosted document sharing and collaboration on your own infrastructure; WikiSuite — The most comprehensive and integrated open source enterprise solution.