Wiki on a Stick vs. WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
0.12.0
6.2.0
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
legolas558
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
JavaScript
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
OS Independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
No
No
Optional
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
# 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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8538 ⭐
Common Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Unknown
Page History
No
Yes
Plugin
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 WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
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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
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
No
Yes
Unknown
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Links Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Plugin
Statistics Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Output Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
No
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
No
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
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/
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
_underlined text_
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
~~subscript~~
Images
[[Image::woas.png]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
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
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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