Friki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki

General Features Friki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Version
2.1.1
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Java
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements Friki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage Friki TiddlyWiki TWiki
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
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam Friki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Patch
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Plugin
Development/Support Friki TiddlyWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8486 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Friki TiddlyWiki TWiki
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 TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
4
German, English, French, Japanese
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
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
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links Friki TiddlyWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features Friki TiddlyWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Optional
Yes
No
Textile Support
Optional
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Friki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics Friki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Output Friki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Friki TiddlyWiki TWiki
File Attachments
No
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras Friki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Friki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
'''bold''
''bold''
*bold*
Italics Format
''italic''
//italic//
_italic_
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
monospace
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
:        indented
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* first
* second
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. first
1. second
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
title:        description
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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