WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Friki

General Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
Version
6.2.0
5.1.21
2.1.1
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (29 days ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (30 days ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Frank Carver
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
ASL or LGPL
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
private users and small teams
System Requirements WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
Any that can run or call Java
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
Text Files
No
Optional
Yes
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
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
8501 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
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
0
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
Flat
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Links WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
simple
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Optional
Textile Support
No
No
Optional
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Patch
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Friki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
'''bold''
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
monospace
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
~~subscript~~
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
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
:indent

> quote

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


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. first
1. second
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
; term
: description
title:        description
Horizontal Rule
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