PodWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Version
0.9.1
5.1.21
6.2.1
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Unix
Any
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Optional
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8563 ⭐
56 ⭐
Common Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
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
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
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
No
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Links PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
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
Perl
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples PodWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
B<bold>
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
I<italics>
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
via html only
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
via html only
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
via html only
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
via html only
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
Images
G<logo.png>
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
one
two
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
via html only
; 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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