WackoWiki vs. Sputnik vs. JSPWiki vs. TWiki

General Features WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
Version
6.2.0
8.08.13
2.11.0
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2009-02-02 (16 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Yuri Takhteyev
Apache Software Foundation
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
MIT/X
Apache License 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Lua
Java
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Small teams or private users
all
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
gcc or Lua
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
No
Oracle
No
No
Optional
No
SQLite
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Other
MariaDB
Git
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Yes
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Optional
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
nofollow
Optional
No
Optional
Plugin
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Development/Support WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
112 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
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
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Flat
No
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Patch
Optional
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Lua, JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Usability WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Statistics WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Output WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
Plugin
PDF Export
Patch
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Contents
Extras WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[Sputnik]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
# Sputnik
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
**bold**
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
__bold__
*bold*
Italics Format
//italics//
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
''italics''
_italic_
Underline Format
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{monospace}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
%%(text-align: right) text %%
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
one
two
> Sputnik
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Sputnik
* 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. Sputnik
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
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}
;term:definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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