Anwiki vs. ikiwiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Version
0.2.5
2.67
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
Anyone
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Any, or none
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
A common browser
Datastorage Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Optional
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
8581 ⭐
Common Features Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
No
Yes
Unknown
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
none
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
Statistics Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[[internal]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
~~subscript~~
Images
<img src=""/>
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* 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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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