Drupal Wiki vs. Foswiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Version
8.37
2.1.11
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2025-06-05 (1 year ago)
2026-03-15 (4 months ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-06-12 (1 year ago)
2026-03-15 (4 months ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
https://kontextwork.de
Foswiki Community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
License
Commercial
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Java
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Different licences
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
Individuals, private, small groups
Hosting Features Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
No
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
No
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, Unix, Windows, OS X
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, nginx
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
A common browser
Datastorage Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Optional
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
caching of content into database using plugins
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos-SSO
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Development/Support Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
Widgets
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Statistics Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Plugin
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Output Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Drupal Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
(Integrated in WYSIWYG-Editor with search in a dialog)
alternatively:
[[#123]]
[[#123][label]] 
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
(Integrated in WYSIWYG-Editor)
alternatively:
[[http://drupal-wiki.com]]
[[http://drupal-wiki.com][label]]
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
(Integrated into the WYSIWYG-Editor)
*bold*
''bold''
Italics Format
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
_italic_
//italic//
Underline Format
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
<u>underline</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
<sub>subscript</sub>
~~subscript~~
Images
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
$ Term: Definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
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