Wikidot vs. ikiwiki vs. Sputnik vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Version
2.67
8.08.13
5.1.21
6.2.1
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
Author
Michal Frackowiak
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Yuri Takhteyev
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPLv3
GPL
MIT/X
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
Lua
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Anyone
Small teams or private users
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Hosting Features Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Storage Quota
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
no limit
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
max uploaded file size limit
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
by Terms Of Service
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Any
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
MySQL
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
Other
Git
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Yes
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
Optional
nofollow
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
English, Polish
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Links Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Some
Optional
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Lua, JavaScript
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
Contents
Extras Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
[[internal]]
[[Sputnik]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
[link text](http://example.org)
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
+++ headline level 3
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
# Sputnik
! 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__
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic text//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
__underlined text__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{monospaced text}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough text--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
Images
[[image src="..."]]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
= Centered line
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
> Sputnik
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Sputnik
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
# element 1
# element 1
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Sputnik
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
: item : description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term
: description
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
- - -
----
----
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