Anwiki vs. ikiwiki vs. LynxWiki vs. MoasdaWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki

General Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Version
0.2.5
2.67
1.3.0.0
3.9.1
1.5.1
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
J.W. Davidson
Herbert Reiter
PukiWiki Development Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
GPL
Apache License 2.0
AGPL-3.0-only
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
C#
Java
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Free
0
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
Anyone
small organization to enterprise
personal usage, small teams
One theme, one PukiWiki
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Any
Windows
Any platform with Java VM 17+
OS independent
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Any, or none
IIS7 or IIS8
Built-in
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
IronPython
Java VM 17+
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
MS Membership and Roles
N/A
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Development/Support Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
8581 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
1
English
1
English
2
German, English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
4
German, English, French, Japanese
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
None
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Links Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
All
Plugin
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
JavaScript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
No
No
No
No
Patch
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Output Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
No
No
No
Contents
Extras Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[[internal]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
**bold**
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
''bold''
''bold''
''bold''
*bold*
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
##italic##
'''italic'''
//italic//
_italic_
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
__underlined__
%%%underlined%%%
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
@@monospace font@@
N/A
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
~~striked through~~
%%strikethrough%%
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
N/A
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
N/A
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
<img src=""/>
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
{{image:wiki.png}}
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
N/A
{{center}}centered text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
N/A
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
N/A
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. first numbered item
1. second item
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
N/A
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
:term|definition
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
----
--------------------
----
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