TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. ButorWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
Version
5.1.21
6.2.0
2.11.0
2.2.1
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2007-03-09 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
Apache Software Foundation
Aiman Sawan
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
Apache License 2.0
LGPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Java
Java
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
all
SMB
System Requirements TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
Operating System
Any
OS Independent
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Any webserver
Other Requirements
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Tomcat 4.1 +
Datastorage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
Text Files
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Optional
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
No
Oracle
No
No
Optional
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
None
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Development/Support TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
8524 ⭐
54 ⭐
112 ⭐
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
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
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Comments
Plugin
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Links TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Internal Macros
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Usability TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Output TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
XML export
Unknown
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Keywords
Extras TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki WackoWiki JSPWiki ButorWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
<a href="..."></a>
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
<a href="..."></a>
Headlines
! 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
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
...
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
<b>Bold</b>
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
''italics''
<i>Italics</i>
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>Underline</u>
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
vvsubscriptvv
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
one
two
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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