Friki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Version
2.1.1
5.1.21
2.67
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Java
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Anyone
System Requirements Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
Not required (optional backends available)
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
A common browser
Datastorage Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Patch
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8524 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
No
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
Optional
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Plugin
Usability Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Statistics Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
No
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Extras Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Friki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[internal]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
'''bold''
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
''italic''
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
monospace
{{{monospaced}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

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

> quote

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