Sputnik vs. WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
8.08.13
6.2.0
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (16 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT/X
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
Lua
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
Datastorage Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Optional
MySQL
Plugin
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Git
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Yes
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
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Sputnik 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 Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
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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
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Links Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
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 Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Plugin
Statistics Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
No
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
No
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
# Sputnik
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
**bold**
''bold''
Italics Format
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
~~subscript~~
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
one
two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Sputnik
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Sputnik
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>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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