Hatta vs. TiddlyWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Friki

General Features Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
Version
1.6.6
5.1.21
2.67
2.1.1
Last Release Date
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
Author
Radomir Dopieralski
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Frank Carver
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
BSD
GPL
ASL or LGPL
Programming Language
Python
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Java
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Anyone
private users and small teams
System Requirements Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
Operating System
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Any
Any
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Not required (optional backends available)
Any, or none
Any that can run or call Java
Other Requirements
Mercurial
A common browser
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Optional
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Yes
No
Other
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
n/a
optional extensions available
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8538 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
0
Email notification
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Comments
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Namespaces
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Links Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Optional
None
Math formulas
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
No
Plugin
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Usability Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
No
Statistics Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Output Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Optional
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
No
Extras Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Hatta TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Friki
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[internal]]
External Link
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold''
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italic''
Underline Format
n/a
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{verbatim}}}
{{{monospaced}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
monospace
Strikethrough Format
n/a
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
n/a
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
n/a
~~subscript~~
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
Aligning Text
n/a
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
n/a
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
:        indented
Bulleted Lists
* list
** sublist
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first
* second
Numbered Lists
n/a
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. first
1. second
Definition Lists
n/a
; term
: description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
title:        description
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove Hatta remove TiddlyWiki remove ikiwiki remove Friki