giewiki vs. Zim vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
Version
1.13.1
0.56
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2011-07-21 (14 years ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2011-08-14 (14 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Poul Staugaard
Jaap Karssenberg
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
new BSD License
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Python
Python
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
other
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
community/personal
Private users, small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Windows/Mac/Linux
Linux, Windows, OSX
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Google App Engine or SDK
None
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
Python 2.5
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
A common browser
Datastorage giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Other
App Engine
Text Files with index in SQLite
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Google accounts
File permissions
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
No
Unknown
Comments
Threaded
No
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
Yes
Links giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Features giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
none
complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript
None
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Usability giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
Statistics giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
No
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples giewiki Zim TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
TiddlyWiki
[[Style library|StyleLib]]
[[Plugins|/Plugins]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
http://appengine.google.com
[[AppEngine|http://appengine.google.com]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
!Headline
=== Heading ===
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
''Bald''
**bold**
''bold''
Italics Format
//Italy//
//italic//
//italic//
Underline Format
__Undertow__
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{Courier}}}
``monospace``
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
--Sorry--
~~strike~~
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
256^^2^^
^{sup}
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
Sub~~script~~
_{sub}
~~subscript~~
Images
<<image /Solnedgang.jpg < 60%>>
(Args: file [alignment] [width%])
{{./image.png}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
not implemented
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* One
* Two
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# One
# Two
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
not implemented
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
not implemented
----
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