Git-Wiki vs. WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
1.0
6.2.0
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
Ruby
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
*nix
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
Ruby
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
Datastorage Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
No
No
Optional
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
Git
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
54 ⭐
8509 ⭐
Common Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
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
Yes
Unknown
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Yes
Links Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Plugin
Statistics Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
No
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
''bold''
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
~~subscript~~
Images
{{Image.png}}
((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
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
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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