Roadkill vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Roadkill TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Version
1.6
5.1.21
6.2.1
Last Release Date
27/04/2013
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2013-04-25 (13 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2026-04-25 (5 days ago)
Author
C.Small
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MS-PL
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
C#
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Roadkill TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Windows Server, Ubuntu
Any
OS Independent
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
IIS, Apache
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Roadkill TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Patch
Optional
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
SQL Server, MongoDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Roadkill TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Roadkill 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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55 ⭐
Common Features Roadkill 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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Roadkill TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
3
Czech, English, Polish
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
Email notification
No
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
No
Yes
Plugin
Links Roadkill TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Roadkill TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
none
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Roadkill 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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics Roadkill TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output Roadkill TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Roadkill TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras Roadkill TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
Optional
Blogs
No
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Roadkill TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[[Pagename|linkname]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[[URL|linkname]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
== Large heading
! 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
//italics//
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
_underline_
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{

monospace

}}
{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
Images
{{Image.jpg.|title}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet List
** Sub item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
# Numbered list
## Sub item
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
; 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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