Hatta vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Friki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Version
1.6.6
5.1.21
2.1.1
6.2.0
Last Release Date
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
Author
Radomir Dopieralski
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Frank Carver
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
BSD
ASL or LGPL
BSD
Programming Language
Python
HTML, JavaScript
Java
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
private users and small teams
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Operating System
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Any
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Not required (optional backends available)
Any that can run or call Java
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Mercurial
A common browser
Java 1.3 or later
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Optional
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
No
Other
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
n/a
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
No
Patch
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
Optional
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8538 ⭐
N/A
55 ⭐
Common Features Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
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
No
Yes
Special Features Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
4
German, English, French, Japanese
0
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
Email notification
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Links Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
None
All
Math formulas
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Optional
No
Textile Support
No
No
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
Patch
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Statistics Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Contents
Extras Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
No
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Hatta TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
! 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''
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic//
''italic''
//italics//
Underline Format
n/a
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{verbatim}}}
{{{monospaced}}}
monospace
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
n/a
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
n/a
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
n/a
~~subscript~~
vvsubscriptvv
Images
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
n/a
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
n/a
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
:        indented
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* list
** sublist
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* first
* second
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
n/a
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. first
1. second
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
n/a
; term
: description
title:        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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