WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. XoWiki

General Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Version
6.2.0
5.1.21
0.113
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2009-02-17 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-03-13 (16 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
large and small organizations as well as individuals
System Requirements WackoWiki TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
AOLServer
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
Datastorage WackoWiki TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Text Files
No
Optional
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
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 XoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Development/Support WackoWiki TiddlyWiki XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
8524 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
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
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki XoWiki
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
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
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 XoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki XoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Tables
simple
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability WackoWiki TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Statistics WackoWiki TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Output WackoWiki TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Unknown
Abbreviations
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki TiddlyWiki XoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Extras WackoWiki TiddlyWiki XoWiki
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 XoWiki
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''
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
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]]
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
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# 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
Horizontal Rule
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