KeheiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Version
Pleiades-M45
5.1.21
6.2.0
Last Release Date
2005-03-22 (20 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
Author
team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
corporate and special interest groups
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Unix/Linux
Any
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
No
MySQL
Plugin
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Apache
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Unknown
No
Development/Support KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Optional
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
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
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
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
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Links KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Textile Support
Optional
No
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Statistics KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Output KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
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
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Plugin
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
Keywords
No
Contents
Extras KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
~~subscript~~
vvsubscriptvv
Images
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
; term
: description
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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