TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. XoWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Version
5.1.21
6.2.0
0.113
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2025-12-14 (29 days ago)
2009-02-17 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2025-12-13 (30 days ago)
2009-03-13 (16 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
large and small organizations as well as individuals
System Requirements TiddlyWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Operating System
Any
OS Independent
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
AOLServer
Other Requirements
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Text Files
Optional
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
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 XoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Development/Support TiddlyWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8501 ⭐
54 ⭐
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
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
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
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
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Links TiddlyWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Statistics TiddlyWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Output TiddlyWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Unknown
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Patch
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki WackoWiki XoWiki
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 XoWiki
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**
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
vvsubscriptvv
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((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
<<<
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
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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