WackoWiki vs. Zim vs. TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Version
6.2.1
0.56
5.1.21
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (2 days ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (2 days ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jaap Karssenberg
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
Python
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users, small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
all
System Requirements WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Linux, Windows, OSX
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
None
Not required (optional backends available)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
No
Optional
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
Text Files with index in SQLite
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
File permissions
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
Plugin
nofollow
Optional
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
56 ⭐
N/A
8556 ⭐
113 ⭐
Common Features WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
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
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Comments
Flat
No
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Links WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
none
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
None
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Usability WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Statistics WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Output WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
Yes
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Contents
Extras WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki: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]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
=== Heading ===
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
''bold''
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
//italic//
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
##monospace##
``monospace``
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
_{sub}
~~subscript~~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{./image.png}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='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-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
one
two
indent with tabs
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* 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
# 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
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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not implemented
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