Friki vs. ikiwiki vs. WikiNi vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Version
2.1.1
2.67
0.5.0
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (22 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
GPL
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Java
Perl
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
Anyone
End Users/Desktop, Education
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
Any, or none
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
A common browser
Datastorage Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
Unknown
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Unknown
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Patch
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
8615 ⭐
Common Features Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
1
French
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
Optional
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Usability Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
No
No
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Plugin
Statistics Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Plugin
Output Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
Extras Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Friki ikiwiki WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
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

! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
'''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
** **
''bold''
Italics Format
''italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
// //
//italic//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__ __
__underline__
Monospace Format
monospace
`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
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
![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
:        indented
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* first
* second
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
-
-
-
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. first
1. second
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1)
1)
1)
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
title:        description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
----
remove Friki remove ikiwiki remove WikiNi remove TiddlyWiki