TiddlyWiki vs. Wikidot vs. WackoWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
Version
5.1.21
6.2.1
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Michal Frackowiak
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
AGPLv3
BSD
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Hosting Features TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
no limit
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
by Terms Of Service
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
System Requirements TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
Operating System
Any
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
Text Files
Optional
Unknown
No
MySQL
No
Unknown
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Unknown
No
SQLite
No
Unknown
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Unknown
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Yes
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8574 ⭐
N/A
55 ⭐
Common Features TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
No
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
2
English, Polish
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
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Links TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
All
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Output TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki Wikidot WackoWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
+++ headline level 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold text**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic text//
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underlined text__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospaced text}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough text--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
,,subscript,,
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[[image src="..."]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
= Centered line
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# element 1
# element 1
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
; term
: description
: item : 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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