ikiwiki vs. LynxWiki vs. MoasdaWiki vs. mobiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki

General Features ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Version
2.67
1.3.0.0
3.9.1
2016-06-26
1.5.1
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
J.W. Davidson
Herbert Reiter
Martin D�ring
PukiWiki Development Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
AGPL-3.0-only
MIT
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
C#
Java
PHP
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
Files
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
Free
0
0
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
small organization to enterprise
personal usage, small teams
Text centric websites and mobile use
One theme, one PukiWiki
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Operating System
Any
Windows
Any platform with Java VM 17+
any
OS independent
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
IIS7 or IIS8
Built-in
any
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
IronPython
Java VM 17+
PHP 5.4+
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
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 ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
MS Membership and Roles
N/A
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
No
Patch
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
No
Patch
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Development/Support ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
8581 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
None
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
No
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
2
German, English
0
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
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
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
None
None
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Links ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
No
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
All
None
Plugin
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
none
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
No
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
JavaScript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
No
No
No
No
Patch
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Output ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
No
No
No
Contents
Extras ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
[Internal Link]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
!Headline
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
! 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*
'''bold'''
''bold''
'''bold'''
''bold''
''bold''
*bold*
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
##italic##
''italics''
'''italic'''
//italic//
_italic_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
__underlined__
n/a
%%%underlined%%%
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
@@monospace font@@
n/a
N/A
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
~~striked through~~
n/a
%%strikethrough%%
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
n/a
N/A
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
n/a
N/A
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
{{image:wiki.png}}
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
N/A
{{center}}centered text
___
aligned text
___
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
N/A
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
n/a
N/A
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. first numbered item
1. second item
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
N/A
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
n/a
:term|definition
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
----
---
--------------------
----
---
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