WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. XoWiki

General Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Version
6.2.1
5.1.21
2.11.0
0.113
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (2 days ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (2 days ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2009-03-13 (16 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
Apache License 2.0
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Java
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
all
large and small organizations as well as individuals
System Requirements WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
AOLServer
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Text Files
No
Optional
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Optional
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Optional
Yes
SQLite
Yes
No
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
No
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 TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Optional
Patch
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Plugin
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Development/Support WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
56 ⭐
8556 ⭐
113 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
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 TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
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
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Usability WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Statistics WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Output WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Abbreviations
Patch
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
XML export
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Contents
Extras WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
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 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
~~subscript~~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[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 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


# 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}
; term
: description
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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