TiddlyWiki vs. Friki vs. WackoWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Version
5.1.21
2.1.1
6.2.0
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Frank Carver
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
ASL or LGPL
BSD
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Java
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
private users and small teams
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Operating System
Any
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Any that can run or call Java
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
A common browser
Java 1.3 or later
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Patch
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8538 ⭐
N/A
55 ⭐
Common Features TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Unknown
No
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
0
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
Unknown
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Links TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
All
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Optional
No
Textile Support
No
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
Patch
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki Friki WackoWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
! 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//
''italic''
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
monospace
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
vvsubscriptvv
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
((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
<<<
:        indented
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* first
* second
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. first
1. second
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
; term
: description
title:        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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