WackoWiki vs. Zim vs. TiddlyWiki vs. XoWiki

General Features WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Version
6.2.1
0.56
5.1.21
0.113
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (2 days ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (2 days ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-03-13 (16 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jaap Karssenberg
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Python
HTML, JavaScript
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users, small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
large and small organizations as well as individuals
System Requirements WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Linux, Windows, OSX
Any
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
None
Not required (optional backends available)
AOLServer
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
A common browser
Datastorage WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Optional
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
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 XoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
File permissions
optional extensions available
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Development/Support WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
56 ⭐
N/A
8556 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
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 XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
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
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Flat
No
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Links WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
none
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Scripting
actions (PHP)
None
JavaScript
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Statistics WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Output WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
PDF Export
Patch
No
Plugin
Unknown
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
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
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Contents
Extras WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
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
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