BrainKeeper vs. ikiwiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Version
N/A
2.67
5.1.21
Last Release Date
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
N/A
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
N/A
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Anyone
Individuals, private, small groups
Hosting Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Storage Quota
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
No Restrictions
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
No
N/A
N/A
System Requirements BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
N/A
Any
Any
Root Access
N/A
No
No
Webserver
N/A
Any, or none
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
N/A
A common browser
Datastorage BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
N/A
Yes
Optional
MySQL
N/A
No
No
PostgreSQL
N/A
No
No
Oracle
N/A
No
No
SQLite
N/A
No
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
No
RCS
N/A
Yes
No
Other
N/A
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
No
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
8590 ⭐
Common Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Plugin
Output BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Yes
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples BrainKeeper ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

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

> quote

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