Wiki on a Stick vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Hatta

General Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Hatta
Version
0.12.0
5.1.21
6.2.0
1.6.6
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
Author
legolas558
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
Radomir Dopieralski
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
BSD
BSD
GPL v2
Programming Language
JavaScript
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
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 Hatta
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Any
OS Independent
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Mercurial
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Hatta
Text Files
No
Optional
No
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Yes
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Hatta
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
n/a
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Hatta
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8524 ⭐
54 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Hatta
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Hatta
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
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
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
Email notification
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Comments
No
Plugin
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Links Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Hatta
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Hatta
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Hatta
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Statistics Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Hatta
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Hatta
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Unknown
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Hatta
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Hatta
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki WackoWiki Hatta
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
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]]
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
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 ======
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
Bold Format
*bold text*
''bold''
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
/italics text/
//italic//
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
_underlined text_
__underline__
__underline__
n/a
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
{{{verbatim}}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
n/a
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
n/a
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
vvsubscriptvv
n/a
Images
[[Image::woas.png]]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
one
two
n/a
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* list
** sublist
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


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