WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Wikidot

General Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Version
6.3.0
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (10 days ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (10 days ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
AGPLv3
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Hosting Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
no limit
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
by Terms Of Service
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
System Requirements WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
Datastorage WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Text Files
No
Optional
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
No
Unknown
Other
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
8616 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
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 Wikidot
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
2
English, Polish
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Links WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Statistics WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Output WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Patch
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
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 Wikidot
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
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 Wikidot
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Yes
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
//italic text//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
__underlined text__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# element 1
# element 1
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
; term
: description
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
----
----
----
remove WackoWiki remove TiddlyWiki remove Wikidot