ButorWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2.2.1
6.2.0
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2007-03-09 (18 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Aiman Sawan
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
Java
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
SMB
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
Tomcat 4.1 +
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
Datastorage ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Optional
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
None
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Unknown
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
No
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
Unknown
Development/Support ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
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
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Optional
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Links ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
Internal Macros
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Usability ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Plugin
Statistics ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Yes
No
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Output ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
No
Extras ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
<a href="..."></a>
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
<a href="..."></a>
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
...
== 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**
''bold''
Italics Format
<i>Italics</i>
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>Underline</u>
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
~~subscript~~
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
{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
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# 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
: description
Horizontal Rule
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