WackoWiki vs. Friki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki
Version
6.2.0
2.1.1
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Frank Carver
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
ASL or 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
private users and small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any that can run or call Java
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Java 1.3 or later
A common browser
Datastorage WackoWiki Friki 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 Friki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Optional
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
8524 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
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 Friki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
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
0
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
No
Unknown
Comments
Flat
No
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
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 Friki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Tables
simple
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Optional
Yes
Textile Support
No
Optional
No
BBCode Support
Patch
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Patch
No
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras WackoWiki Friki 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 Friki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
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
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold''
''bold''
Italics Format
//italics//
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
monospace
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
~~subscript~~
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
[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
:        indented
:indent

> quote

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


1. first
1. second
# 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}
title:        description
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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