Friki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Version
2.1.1
5.1.21
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Java
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Any
System Requirements Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
A common browser
various opt. helpers
Datastorage Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Patch
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8547 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
4
German, English, French, Japanese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Plugin
No
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
Patch
Links Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Optional
Yes
No
Textile Support
Optional
No
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
JavaScript
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Patch
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
No
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Friki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
'''bold''
''bold''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
''italic''
//italic//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
monospace
{{{monospaced}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>below</sub>
Images
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
:        indented
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* first
* second
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
1. first
1. second
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
Definition Lists
title:        description
; term
: description
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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