ikiwiki vs. MoasdaWiki vs. mobiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2.67
3.9.1
2016-06-26
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Herbert Reiter
Martin D�ring
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
AGPL-3.0-only
MIT
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
Java
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
personal usage, small teams
Text centric websites and mobile use
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Any
Any platform with Java VM 17+
any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Built-in
any
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
Java VM 17+
PHP 5.4+
A common browser
Datastorage ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
No
Other
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
N/A
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
No
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Page History
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
No
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
2
German, English
0
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
No
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
No
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Links ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Features ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
None
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
none
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
JavaScript
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Plugin
Statistics ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Plugin
Output ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
No
Extras ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
No
No
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki MoasdaWiki mobiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
[Internal Link]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
!Headline
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
##italic##
''italics''
//italic//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underlined__
n/a
__underline__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
@@monospace font@@
n/a
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
~~striked through~~
n/a
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
n/a
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
n/a
~~subscript~~
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{image:wiki.png}}
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
{{center}}centered text
___
aligned text
___
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
n/a
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
* 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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
n/a
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
---
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remove ikiwiki remove MoasdaWiki remove mobiki remove TiddlyWiki