Wiki on a Stick vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Version
0.12.0
5.1.21
6.1.29
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2025-09-03 (3 months ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2025-10-13 (1 month ago)
Author
legolas558
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
JavaScript
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Any
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
No
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
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick 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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54 ⭐
Common Features Wiki on a Stick 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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, 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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Links Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
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
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
JavaScript
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Output Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick 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
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
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 Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
*bold text*
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
/italics text/
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
_underlined text_
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
vvsubscriptvv
Images
[[Image::woas.png]]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
# 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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