MoasdaWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features MoasdaWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
3.9.1
6.2.0
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Herbert Reiter
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-3.0-only
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
Java
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal usage, small teams
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements MoasdaWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Any platform with Java VM 17+
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Built-in
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
Java VM 17+
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
Datastorage MoasdaWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Optional
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
No
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam MoasdaWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
N/A
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support MoasdaWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
# 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 MoasdaWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Unknown
Page History
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoasdaWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
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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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Links MoasdaWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features MoasdaWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability MoasdaWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Plugin
Statistics MoasdaWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output MoasdaWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
No
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files MoasdaWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras MoasdaWiki WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
No
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
No
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
No
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoasdaWiki 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]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
= 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
__underlined__
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
@@monospace font@@
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
~~striked through~~
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
vvsubscriptvv
~~subscript~~
Images
{{image:wiki.png}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
{{center}}centered text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
one
two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# 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>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
{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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