Foswiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2.1.9
Pleiades-M45
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2024-12-18 (11 months ago)
2005-03-22 (20 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-12-18 (11 months ago)
2009-12-23 (15 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Foswiki Community
team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
LGPL
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
corporate and special interest groups
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Unix/Linux
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
perl 4 or newer
A common browser
Datastorage Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
caching of content into database using plugins
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Apache
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Development/Support Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
117 ⭐
N/A
8486 ⭐
Common Features Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Optional
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
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
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
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Markdown Support
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
Optional
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Usability Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Statistics Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Output Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
No
Extras Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Foswiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
*bold*
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''bold''
Italics Format
_italic_
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underline__
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
~~subscript~~
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
---
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
----
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