Sputnik vs. WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. SubWiki

General Features Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Version
8.08.13
6.2.0
5.1.21
2.11.0
0.1-dev
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
no official
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (16 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
Greg Stein
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT/X
BSD
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Academic Free License
Programming Language
Lua
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Files
Database, Files
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
all
System Requirements Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
OS Independent
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Optional
No
Oracle
No
No
No
Optional
No
SQLite
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Optional
No
RCS
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Other
Git
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
No
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Yes
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
No
Optional
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Unknown
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Development/Support Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
54 ⭐
8509 ⭐
112 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
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
4
German, English, French, Japanese
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
Optional
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple
complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
None
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Usability Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Statistics Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Output Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Contents
No
Extras Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Sputnik WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki: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]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
# Sputnik
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
**bold**
''bold''
__bold__
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
//italics//
//italic//
''italics''
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
N/A
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospace}}
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
N/A
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
N/A
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
~~subscript~~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
N/A
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Sputnik
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* 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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# 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
;term:definition
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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