Anwiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PodWiki vs. ProWiki

General Features Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
Version
0.2.5
5.1.21
0.9.1
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Thomas Linden
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
BSD
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
GPL / none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
Individuals, private, small groups
average to advanced users
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Any
Unix
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
apache
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
A common browser
mod_rewrite optional
none
Datastorage Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
Text Files
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Yes
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
optional extensions available
builtin
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
8587 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
No
Special Features Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Threaded
No
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Links Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
No
Yes
No
Yes
Tables
none
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
JavaScript
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Statistics Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Output Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
File Attachments
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Extras Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki ProWiki
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=head1 The Weather
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
''bold''
B<bold>
'''bold'''
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
//italic//
I<italics>
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
__underline__
via html only
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{{monospaced}}}
put a space in front of monospaced text
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
--strikethrough--
via html only
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
^^superscript^^
via html only
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
~~subscript~~
via html only
<sub>text</sub>
Images
<img src=""/>
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
G<logo.png>
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
via stylesheet only
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
via stylesheet only
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
; term
: description
via html only
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
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