GWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. wxWikiServer

General Features GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Version
2.4.0
5.1.21
6.2.1
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2026-04-25 (5 days ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
BSD
BSD
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
Java
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
C++
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
End users/Desktop
System Requirements GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Any
OS Independent
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
built-in
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Text Files
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
No
Other
Google Datastore
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
unknown
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
8587 ⭐
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
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
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Links GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
no
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Statistics GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
Unknown
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Patch
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
No
Extras GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
External Link
[http://example.com]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
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 ======
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
''bold''
**bold**
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
_Italic format_
//italic//
//italics//
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
start line with blank space.
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
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
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%%
] centred text
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
one
two
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* one
* two
* two.1
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


1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
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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