WackoWiki vs. Friki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Version
6.2.0
2.1.1
5.1.21
2.67
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Frank Carver
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
ASL or LGPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Java
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
private users and small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Anyone
System Requirements WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any that can run or call Java
Not required (optional backends available)
Any, or none
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Java 1.3 or later
A common browser
Datastorage WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Yes
Other
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Optional
Patch
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Optional
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
8524 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
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
0
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Flat
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
Optional
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Patch
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Usability WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Statistics WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Filenames only
Extras WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[internal]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold''
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
''italic''
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
##monospace##
monospace
{{{monospaced}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
~~subscript~~
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
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]]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
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
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
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
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
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
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove WackoWiki remove Friki remove TiddlyWiki remove ikiwiki