WackoWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
6.2.1
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (1 day ago)
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (1 day ago)
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Andreas Gohr
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL 2
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
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
personal, small to medium companies
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
Datastorage WackoWiki DokuWiki 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
None
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Optional
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Unknown
Development/Support WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
56 ⭐
4573 ⭐
8556 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
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
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Links WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Patch
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Optional, PHP
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Statistics WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Output WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Optional
No
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Patch
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
''bold''
Italics Format
//italics//
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underlined__
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
''monospace''
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<del>strikethrough</del>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
~~subscript~~
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* 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
# 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}
Plugin
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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