WackoWiki vs. TWiki vs. Sputnik

General Features WackoWiki TWiki Sputnik
Version
6.2.1
TWiki-6.1.0
8.08.13
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (12 days ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (12 days ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Yuri Takhteyev
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
MIT/X
Programming Language
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
Lua
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Small teams or private users
System Requirements WackoWiki TWiki Sputnik
Operating System
OS Independent
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
gcc or Lua
Datastorage WackoWiki TWiki Sputnik
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
MariaDB
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Git
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki TWiki Sputnik
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Yes
Host Blocking
Optional
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support WackoWiki TWiki Sputnik
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
56 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki TWiki Sputnik
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
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 TWiki Sputnik
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
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
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Links WackoWiki TWiki Sputnik
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Features WackoWiki TWiki Sputnik
HTML Tags
All
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Lua, JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki TWiki Sputnik
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki TWiki Sputnik
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
Output WackoWiki TWiki Sputnik
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Patch
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki TWiki Sputnik
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras WackoWiki TWiki Sputnik
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Plugin
No
Blogs
Optional
Plugin
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki TWiki Sputnik
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[Sputnik]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
# Sputnik
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold*
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
Italics Format
//italics//
_italic_
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
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
,,subscript,,
<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>
> Sputnik
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Sputnik
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
1. Sputnik
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
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