WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Zim

General Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Version
6.2.0
5.1.21
0.56
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files, RCS
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, small teams
System Requirements WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
None
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
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
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
File permissions
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
8509 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
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 Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
Flat
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
No
Links WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
complex
none
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
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Patch
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Plugin
No
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
~~subscript~~
_{sub}
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
not implemented
Text Indentation
one
two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
; term
: description
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
----
not implemented
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