Wiki on a Stick vs. WackoWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Roadkill

General Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Version
0.12.0
6.2.1
2025-05-14b "Librarian"
5.1.21
1.6
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2025-09-09 (7 months ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
27/04/2013
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2026-04-25 (5 days ago)
2026-03-25 (1 month ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2013-04-25 (13 years ago)
Author
legolas558
WackoWiki Team
Andreas Gohr
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
C.Small
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
BSD
GPL 2
BSD
MS-PL
Programming Language
JavaScript
PHP
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
C#
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
personal, small to medium companies
Individuals, private, small groups
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
OS Independent
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Windows Server, Ubuntu
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Yes
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
IIS, Apache
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Text Files
No
No
Yes
Optional
Patch
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
No
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
MariaDB
None
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
SQL Server, MongoDB
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Optional
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Optional
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
4606 ⭐
8587 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
3
Czech, English, Polish
Email notification
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Yes
No
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Links Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
CamelCase
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
complex
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Scripting
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Optional, PHP
JavaScript
none
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Filenames only
No
No
Extras Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Roadkill
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[Pagename|linkname]]
External Link
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[[URL|linkname]]
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 ==
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
== Large heading
Bold Format
*bold text*
**bold**
**bold**
''bold''
** bold **
Italics Format
/italics text/
//italics//
//italics//
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
_underlined text_
__underline__
__underlined__
__underline__
_underline_
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
##monospace##
''monospace''
{{{monospaced}}}
{{

monospace

}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<del>strikethrough</del>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
~~subscript~~
Images
[[Image::woas.png]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{Image.jpg.|title}}
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Plugin
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
one
two
N/A
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bullet List
** Sub item
Numbered Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Numbered list
## Sub item
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Plugin
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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