XoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Version
0.113
5.1.21
6.1.29
Last Release Date
2009-02-17 (16 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2025-09-03 (3 months ago)
Last Update here
2009-03-13 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2025-10-13 (1 month ago)
Author
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
XOTcl and Tcl
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
large and small organizations as well as individuals
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Any
OS Independent
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
AOLServer
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
No
Optional
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Patch
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Unknown
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Development/Support XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
# 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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Common Features XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
3
German, English, Spanish
4
German, English, French, Japanese
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Links XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
Math formulas
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Plugin
No
Scripting
Yes
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
Optional
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Statistics XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Output XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Extras XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples XoWiki TiddlyWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
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
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
vvsubscriptvv
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

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


Definition Lists
; 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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