WackoWiki vs. ButorWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
6.2.1
2.2.1
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2007-03-09 (19 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Aiman Sawan
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
LGPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Java
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
SMB
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Tomcat 4.1 +
A common browser
Datastorage WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Optional
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
None
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Optional
Unknown
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Unknown
No
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
Unknown
Development/Support WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
8586 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
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
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Links WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Optional
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Internal Macros
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Usability WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
Unknown
No
Analysis
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Output WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
No
Extras WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki ButorWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
<a href="..."></a>
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
<a href="..."></a>
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
...
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
<b>Bold</b>
''bold''
Italics Format
//italics//
<i>Italics</i>
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>Underline</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
~~subscript~~
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
one
two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


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