WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Roadkill

General Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Version
6.2.1
5.1.21
1.6
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
27/04/2013
Last Update here
2026-04-25 (5 days ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2013-04-25 (13 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
C.Small
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
MS-PL
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
C#
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
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-mid sized teams, website wikis
System Requirements WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
Windows Server, Ubuntu
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
IIS, Apache
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
Datastorage WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Text Files
No
Optional
Patch
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
SQL Server, MongoDB
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
8587 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
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 Roadkill
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
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
4
German, English, French, Japanese
3
Czech, English, Polish
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
Flat
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
No
Links WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
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
none
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Patch
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Plugin
No
Blogs
Optional
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[Pagename|linkname]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[[URL|linkname]]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
== Large heading
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
** bold **
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
_underline_
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
{{

monospace

}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
~~subscript~~
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{Image.jpg.|title}}
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
<<<
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bullet List
** Sub item
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Numbered list
## Sub item
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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