WackoWiki
WackoWiki is a light and easy to install multilingual Wiki-engine.
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Still maintained? Yes: 39 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 6.3.0 (Jul 2026).
Comparisons in Wikis: Confluence alternatives.
At a glance
WackoWiki quick facts
- Health score
- 77/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 55
- Last commit
- 9 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 6.3.0, Jul 2026
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "WackoWiki is a light and easy to install multilingual Wiki-engine. Supports WYTIWYG-editing, page rights (ACLs), design themes (skins), file upload, email notification and much more. Compatible with PHP 8.3 - 8.5 and MariaDB / MySQL / SQLite."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
WackoWiki scores 77/100, #13 of 24 in Wikis: 39 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (6.3.0, 3 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 55 stars add 7.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 13.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
39 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
6.3.0 released 3 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 7.0 / 20
55 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 39
- Last 90 days
- 517
- Last 12 months
- 9 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #13 of 24 tools in Wikis by health , between W (#12) and AmuseWiki (#14) .
Details
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | 6.3.0 · 3 months ago |
| Stars | 55 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | WackoWiki/wackowiki ↗ |
WackoWiki vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with WackoWiki (Wikis), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outline | 98 | 41k | BUSL-1.1 | today |
| Wiki.js | 98 | 29k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| docmost Community Edition | 97 | 22k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Otter Wiki | 93 | 1.6k | MIT | 5 days ago |
| LeafWiki | 92 | 1.2k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| WackoWiki (this tool) | 77 | 55 | BSD-3-Clause | 9 days ago |
WackoWiki: common questions
Is WackoWiki still maintained?
WackoWiki had 39 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 9 days ago; the latest tagged release, 6.3.0, is from 3 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.