Corendal Wiki vs. WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Version
3.0.2
6.2.0
5.1.21
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2010-04-23 (15 years ago)
2025-12-14 (today)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-23 (15 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 day ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
Author
Thierry Danard
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Java
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Corporate
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
Any
System Requirements Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Operating System
Unix / Windows
OS Independent
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache Tomcat, Oracle Application Server
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
Java 5.0
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
various opt. helpers
Datastorage Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Text Files
No
No
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
Yes
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
RCS
No
No
No
Yes
Other
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory or Local Accounts
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
No
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
54 ⭐
8475 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
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
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Flat
Flat
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Links Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Statistics Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Output Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
No
Extras Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Corendal Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
~~subscript~~
<sub>below</sub>
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
one
two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
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:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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