WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. ErfurtWiki

General Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Version
6.2.0
5.1.21
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (29 days ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (30 days ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
Public Domain (!)
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
small + medium sites, development teams
System Requirements WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
none
Datastorage WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Text Files
No
Optional
Plugin
MySQL
Yes
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
no
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Plugin
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
Yes
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Patch
Development/Support WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
8501 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Patch
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
4
German, English, French, Japanese
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
No
Links WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Patch
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
simple
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Optional
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
optional
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Optional
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Patch
Unknown
Optional
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Unknown
Optional
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Plugin
No
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
__bold text__
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
''ialic text''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
optional or via css
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
==monospaced text==
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
optional or via css
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
~~subscript~~
optional or via css
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[link to the image.jpg]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
optional or via css
Text Indentation
one
two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
; term
: description
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
Horizontal Rule
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