| General Features | WackoWiki | TWiki |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
6.1.29
|
TWiki-6.1.0
|
| Last Release Date |
2025-09-03 (3 months ago)
|
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2025-10-13 (1 month ago)
|
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
|
| Author |
WackoWiki Team
|
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
|
| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
BSD
|
GPL
|
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
Perl, JavaScript
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
N/A
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
|
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
|
| System Requirements | WackoWiki | TWiki |
| Operating System |
OS Independent
|
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
|
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
|
| Other Requirements |
mod_rewrite (optional)
|
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
| Datastorage | WackoWiki | TWiki |
| Text Files |
No
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
Yes
|
| Other |
MariaDB
|
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | WackoWiki | TWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
|
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
| Host Blocking |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Mail Encryption |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Development/Support | WackoWiki | TWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | ||
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel | ||
| Stars on GitHub |
54 ⭐
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | WackoWiki | TWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | WackoWiki | TWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
Threaded
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Patch
|
Optional
|
| Structured Data |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Links | WackoWiki | TWiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Features | WackoWiki | TWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
All
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
| BBCode Support |
Patch
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
actions (PHP)
|
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Usability | WackoWiki | TWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | WackoWiki | TWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Analysis |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Output | WackoWiki | TWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| PDF Export |
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| Office Export |
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | WackoWiki | TWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
Contents
|
| Extras | WackoWiki | TWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | WackoWiki | TWiki |
| Internal Link |
[[InternalLink]] ((InternalLink)) [[InternalLink alternate text]] CamelCase |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
| External Link |
https://wackowiki.org [[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]] [[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]] |
http://twiki.org/ autolink [[http://twiki.org/][label]] |
| Headlines |
== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ====== |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
*bold* |
| Italics Format |
//italics// |
_italic_ |
| Underline Format |
__underline__ |
<u>underline</u> |
| Monospace Format |
##monospace## |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
| Strikethrough Format |
--strikethrough-- |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
| Superscript Format |
^^superscript^^ |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
vvsubscriptvv |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
| Images |
((image.png)) file:image.png https://example.com/image.png |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png http://any.domain/image.png |
| Aligning Text |
{html}<div align="right">{html}
%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%% |
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
| Text Indentation |
one two |
<blockquote> multi line text </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 |
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 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: Definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
--- |
| remove WackoWiki | remove TWiki |