TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. wxWikiServer

General Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Version
5.1.21
6.2.1
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2026-04-25 (5 days ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
C++
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
End users/Desktop
System Requirements TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Operating System
Any
OS Independent
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
built-in
Other Requirements
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Text Files
Optional
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
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 WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
unknown
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8587 ⭐
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
No
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
Flat
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Links TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
Optional
All
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
no
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Statistics TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
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
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki WackoWiki wxWikiServer
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
start line with blank space.
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
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
one
two
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
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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