TiddlyWiki vs. Roadkill vs. Wikepage vs. WackoWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
Version
5.1.21
1.6
2008.1
6.1.29
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
27/04/2013
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
2025-09-03 (3 months ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2013-04-25 (12 years ago)
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
2025-10-13 (1 month ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
C.Small
Jose Carlos Medeiros
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
MS-PL
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
C#
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
Private users, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
Operating System
Any
Windows Server, Ubuntu
Platform Independent
OS Independent
Root Access
No
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
IIS, Apache
Server Independent
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
A common browser
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
n/a
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
Text Files
Optional
Patch
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
SQL Server, MongoDB
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Optional
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8469 ⭐
N/A
N/A
54 ⭐
Common Features TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
3
Czech, English, Polish
0
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
No
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
None
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Optional
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Links TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
None
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple
simple
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
none
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Output TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
No
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Blogs
Yes
No
No
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki Roadkill Wikepage WackoWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[Pagename|linkname]]
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[[URL|linkname]]
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
== Large heading
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
''bold''
** bold **
**Bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
''Italic''
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
_underline_
__Underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
{{

monospace

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

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
n/a
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bullet List
** Sub item
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Numbered list
## Sub item
n/a
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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