Wikepage vs. Hatta vs. TiddlyWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Version
2008.1
1.6.6
5.1.21
2.67
6.2.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
Author
Jose Carlos Medeiros
Radomir Dopieralski
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL v2
BSD
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Python
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small groups
Individuals, private, small groups
Anyone
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Platform Independent
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Any
Any
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Server Independent
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Not required (optional backends available)
Any, or none
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
n/a
Mercurial
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Optional
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Other
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
n/a
optional extensions available
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Optional
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
8538 ⭐
N/A
55 ⭐
Common Features Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
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
Email notification
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Links Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
None
None
Optional
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple
complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Statistics Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
No
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Calendar
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
No
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Wikepage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[internal]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[link text](http://example.org)
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
**Bold**
**bold**
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
''Italic''
//italic//
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italics//
Underline Format
__Underline__
n/a
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
With a space in front of the text
{{{verbatim}}}
{{{monospaced}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
n/a
n/a
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
n/a
n/a
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
n/a
n/a
~~subscript~~
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
Images
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
n/a
n/a
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
n/a
n/a
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
* list
** sublist
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
n/a
n/a
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
n/a
; term
: description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
---
----
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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