Git-Wiki vs. Zim vs. TiddlyWiki vs. XoWiki

General Features Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Version
1.0
0.56
5.1.21
0.113
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-03-13 (16 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
GPL
BSD
BSD
Programming Language
Ruby
Python
HTML, JavaScript
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
RCS
Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Private users, small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
large and small organizations as well as individuals
System Requirements Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Operating System
*nix
Linux, Windows, OSX
Any
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
None
Not required (optional backends available)
AOLServer
Other Requirements
Ruby
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
A common browser
Datastorage Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Optional
No
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Other
Git
Text Files with index in SQLite
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
File permissions
optional extensions available
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
No
No
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Development/Support Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
N/A
8556 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Preview
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Change Summary
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
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
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
No
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
Yes
Yes
Links Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
None
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
none
complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Quoting
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
None
JavaScript
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Statistics Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Output Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
Unknown
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Contents
Extras Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki Zim TiddlyWiki XoWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
=== Heading ===
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
''bold''
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic//
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
``monospace``
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
~~strike~~
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^{sup}
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
_{sub}
~~subscript~~
Images
{{Image.png}}
{{./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
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
not implemented
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
not implemented
----
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