WackoWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features WackoWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Version
6.3.0
2.3.13
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (10 days ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (10 days ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Alex Schroeder
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
family people, hackers
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements WackoWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Anything supported by Perl
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Writable data directory
A common browser
Datastorage WackoWiki Oddmuse 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
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
None (use your web server instead)
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support WackoWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
89 ⭐
8616 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
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 Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features WackoWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Perl
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability WackoWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Statistics WackoWiki Oddmuse 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
Plugin
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output WackoWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
No
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras WackoWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
No
Plugin
Forums
Optional
No
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Patch
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
//italics//
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
~~subscript~~
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
no example known
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
one
two
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
:indent

> quote

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


Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# 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}
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
Depending on plugins:
----
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