Wikepage vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Version
2008.1
5.1.21
6.2.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
Author
Jose Carlos Medeiros
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small groups
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Platform Independent
Any
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Server Independent
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
n/a
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Optional
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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55 ⭐
Common Features Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
4
German, English, French, Japanese
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
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Flat
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Links Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
Optional
Blogs
No
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Wikepage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
**Bold**
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
''Italic''
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
__Underline__
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
With a space in front of the text
{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
n/a
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
n/a
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
n/a
~~subscript~~
vvsubscriptvv
Images
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
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
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
n/a
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
; term
: description
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
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