ButorWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PmWiki

General Features ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
Version
2.2.1
6.2.0
5.1.21
2.5.5
Last Release Date
2007-03-09 (18 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2026-01-10 (16 days ago)
Last Update here
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2026-01-10 (16 days ago)
Author
Aiman Sawan
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
BSD
BSD
GPL2+
Programming Language
Java
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
SMB
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
All
System Requirements ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
Operating System
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
OS Independent
Any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
Tomcat 4.1 +
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
none
Datastorage ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
None
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
Unknown
Optional
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
No
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
Unknown
Optional
Development/Support ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
54 ⭐
8524 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
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
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Links ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
Internal Macros
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
Section Editing
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Statistics ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Output ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
PDF Export
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Optional
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ButorWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki
Internal Link
<a href="..."></a>
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
<a href="..."></a>
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
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
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
<b>Bold</b>
**bold**
''bold''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
<i>Italics</i>
//italics//
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>Underline</u>
__underline__
__underline__
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
~~subscript~~
'_subscript_'
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
one
two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* 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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# 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
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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