WackoWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Version
6.2.0
2.67
5.1.21
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Anyone
Individuals, private, small groups
all
System Requirements WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any, or none
Not required (optional backends available)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
No
Optional
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
nofollow
Optional
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
8509 ⭐
112 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
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
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
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
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Usability WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Statistics WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
Yes
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[internal]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
##monospace##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
~~subscript~~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='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-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
one
two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* 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


1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# 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}
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term
: description
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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