| General Features | WackoWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
6.2.1
|
0.56
|
5.1.21
|
| Last Release Date |
2026-03-03 (2 days ago)
|
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
|
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2026-03-03 (2 days ago)
|
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
|
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
|
| Author |
WackoWiki Team
|
Jaap Karssenberg
|
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
BSD
|
GPL
|
BSD
|
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
Python
|
HTML, JavaScript
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Files, RCS
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
|
Private users, small teams
|
Individuals, private, small groups
|
| System Requirements | WackoWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
| Operating System |
OS Independent
|
Linux, Windows, OSX
|
Any
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
|
None
|
Not required (optional backends available)
|
| Other Requirements |
mod_rewrite (optional)
|
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
|
A common browser
|
| Datastorage | WackoWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
| Text Files |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Other |
MariaDB
|
Text Files with index in SQLite
|
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | WackoWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
|
File permissions
|
optional extensions available
|
| Host Blocking |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Optional
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Development/Support | WackoWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel | |||
| Stars on GitHub |
56 ⭐
|
N/A
|
8556 ⭐
|
| Common Features | WackoWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| 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 | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
| 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 |
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 |
4
German, English, French, Japanese |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
None
|
| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Links | WackoWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Features | WackoWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
None
|
Optional
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
none
|
complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Scripting |
actions (PHP)
|
None
|
JavaScript
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | WackoWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Statistics | WackoWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Output | WackoWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Abbreviations |
Patch
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| PDF Export |
Patch
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Office Export |
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | WackoWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
No
|
No
|
| Extras | WackoWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
Optional
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | WackoWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki |
| Internal Link |
[[InternalLink]] ((InternalLink)) [[InternalLink alternate text]] CamelCase |
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage |
WikiWord (CamelCase) [[link]] [[label|link]] |
| External Link |
https://wackowiki.org [[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]] [[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]] |
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org ftp://somehost/share \\host\share\.. |
http://www.example.com [[label|http://www.example.com]] |
| Headlines |
== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ====== |
=== Heading === |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
**bold** |
''bold'' |
| Italics Format |
//italics// |
//italic// |
//italic// |
| Underline Format |
__underline__ |
__underline__ |
__underline__ |
| Monospace Format |
##monospace## |
``monospace`` |
{{{monospaced}}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
--strikethrough-- |
~~strike~~ |
--strikethrough-- |
| Superscript Format |
^^superscript^^ |
^{sup} |
^^superscript^^ |
| Subscript Format |
,,subscript,, |
_{sub} |
~~subscript~~ |
| Images |
((image.png)) file:image.png https://example.com/image.png |
{{./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%% |
not implemented |
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}} |
| Text Indentation |
one two |
indent with tabs |
:indent > quote <<< blockquote <<< |
| Bulleted Lists |
*one **One-two *two *three |
* List item * sub items * with indent |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
1. numbered List 1. numbered List-2 2.#8 numbered List, with break |
1. List item a. with sub items b. ... |
# 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} |
not implemented |
; term : description |
| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
not implemented |
---- |
| remove WackoWiki | remove Zim | remove TiddlyWiki |