Git-Wiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Version
1.0
5.1.21
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Ruby
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Data Storage
RCS
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Individuals, private, small groups
all
System Requirements Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
*nix
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Not required (optional backends available)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
Ruby
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
No
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
Optional
SQLite
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
RCS
Yes
No
Plugin
Other
Git
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Plugin
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
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Common Features Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Plugin
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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
4
German, English, French, Japanese
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
No
Unknown
Plugin
Comments
No
Plugin
Flat
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Links Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
Plugin
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Usability Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Optional
Statistics Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Extras Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic//
''italics''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
~~subscript~~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
{{Image.png}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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