Anwiki vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
0.2.5
0.12.0
6.2.0
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
legolas558
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
GPLv2
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
JavaScript
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
Advanced End Users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
OS Independent (Browser Application)
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
Datastorage Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
No
No
No
Optional
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Supports per-page AES encryption
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
55 ⭐
8538 ⭐
Common Features Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
2
English, Italian
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Comments
No
No
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Links Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
No
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Statistics Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Output Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
No
No
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[[WoaS test page]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
*bold text*
**bold**
''bold''
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
/italics text/
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
_underlined text_
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
~~subscript~~
Images
<img src=""/>
[[Image::woas.png]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
one
two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


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