TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Roadkill

General Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
Version
5.1.21
6.2.1
1.6
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2026-03-03 (12 days ago)
27/04/2013
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2026-03-03 (12 days ago)
2013-04-25 (12 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
C.Small
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
MS-PL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
C#
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
System Requirements TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
Operating System
Any
OS Independent
Windows Server, Ubuntu
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
IIS, Apache
Other Requirements
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
Datastorage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
Text Files
Optional
No
Patch
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
SQL Server, MongoDB
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
Host Blocking
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8562 ⭐
56 ⭐
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
No
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
Yes
No
Special Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
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
3
Czech, English, Polish
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
No
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
No
Links TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
none
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Optional
No
Blogs
Yes
Optional
No
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Roadkill
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[Pagename|linkname]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[URL|linkname]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
== Large heading
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
** bold **
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
_underline_
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
{{

monospace

}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{Image.jpg.|title}}
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
<<<
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Bullet List
** Sub item
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Numbered list
## Sub item
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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