WikiNi vs. PhpWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Version
0.5.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
5.1.21
6.2.0
Last Release Date
2007-04-12 (18 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-10 (16 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End Users/Desktop, Education
Any
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Optional
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Unknown
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
Optional
nofollow
No
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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54 ⭐
Common Features WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
French
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
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
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Patch
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Links WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Statistics WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Output WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
No
Contents
Extras WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples WikiNi PhpWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[[ ]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
** **
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
// //
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
__ __
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
## ##
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
~~subscript~~
vvsubscriptvv
Images
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
one
two
Bulleted Lists
-
-
-
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
1)
1)
1)
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
; 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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