GWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Version
2.4.0
5.1.21
6.2.1
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2026-04-25 (5 days ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
Java
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Any
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
Other
Google Datastore
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
8587 ⭐
55 ⭐
Common Features GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Links GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Statistics GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
No
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Extras GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[http://example.com]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
_Italic format_
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
one
two
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


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