DokuWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Wiki.js

General Features DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
Version
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
5.1.21
2.5.299
Last Release Date
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2023-06-03 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Nicolas Giard
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
BSD
AGPL-v3
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Javascript
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files, other, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
Individuals, private, small groups
Everyone
System Requirements DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
All
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
All
Other Requirements
A common browser
Node.js
Datastorage DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Optional
Other
None
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
Optional
No
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Development/Support DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4511 ⭐
8501 ⭐
27602 ⭐
Common Features DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
No
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 DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Optional
Unknown
No
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
No
Links DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Features DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Plugin
No
Scripting
Optional, PHP
JavaScript
JS, CSS
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Statistics DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Output DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Office Export
Plugin
Unknown
No
Media and Files DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Extras DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
No
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
No
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Wiki.js
Internal Link
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
External Link
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
**Bold Text**
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
*Italic Text*
Underline Format
__underlined__
__underline__
<u>Underline Text</u>
Monospace Format
''monospace''
{{{monospaced}}}
`Monospace Code`
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
--strikethrough--
~~Strikethrough Text~~
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
^Superscript Text^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
~~subscript~~
~Subscript Text~
Images
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
Plugin
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
N/A
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
Numbered Lists
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
Definition Lists
Plugin
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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