WikkaWiki vs. TightWiki

General Features WikkaWiki TightWiki
Version
1.4.2
2.39.3
Last Release Date
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2026-10-03 (13 days ago)
Last Update here
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2026-10-06 (10 days ago)
Author
Wikka Development Team
NetworkDLS
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MIT
Programming Language
PHP
C#
Data Storage
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Small to medium business and personal use.
System Requirements WikkaWiki TightWiki
Operating System
any (platform-independent)
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
IIS / Kestrel / nginx
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
.NET runtime
Datastorage WikkaWiki TightWiki
Text Files
No
No
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
No
Security/Anti-Spam WikkaWiki TightWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory (patch)
yes
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Plugin
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Development/Support WikkaWiki TightWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
42 ⭐
47 ⭐
Common Features WikkaWiki TightWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikkaWiki TightWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
48
Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Moldavian, Malay, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Patch
No
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Optional
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Links WikkaWiki TightWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Patch
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Unknown
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Patch
Plugin
Syntax Features WikkaWiki TightWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
TightWiki proprietary
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Usability WikkaWiki TightWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Patch
No
Auto Signature
Patch
Plugin
Statistics WikkaWiki TightWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Patch
Yes
Recent Visitors
Patch
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Output WikkaWiki TightWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Patch
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
No
No
Media and Files WikkaWiki TightWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Extras WikkaWiki TightWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
No
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Plugin
Syntax Examples WikkaWiki TightWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
[[Home, Take me home]]
External Link
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
[[https://Tightwiki.com, Go to TightWiki]]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
==Header
===Sub Header
Bold Format
**bold**
**this is bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
//this is Italic//
Underline Format
__underlined__
__this is underline__
Monospace Format
##monospaced##
{{Code(bash)
This is syntax highlighted monospace text.
}}
Strikethrough Format
++Strike through text++
~~this is strikethrough~~
Superscript Format
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
^^^Large
^^^^Larger
^^^^^Even larger
Subscript Format
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
Would require a plugin.
Images
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
##Image(download.jpg)
Aligning Text
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
{{Blockquote(Center, This is the caption)
This is the content text
}}

-or-

{{Figure(Center, This is the caption)
This is the content text
}}
Text Indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
Ony inside bulleted or numbered lists, otherwise would require a plugin.
Bulleted Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
{{Bullets
Item 1
>Sub item 1.1
>Sub item 1.2
Item 2
>Sub item 2.1
}}
Numbered Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
{{Bullets(Ordered)
Item 1
>Sub item 1.1
>Sub item 1.2
Item 2
>Sub item 2.1
}}
Definition Lists
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Would require a plugin.
Horizontal Rule
----
##HR
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