ikiwiki vs. MoasdaWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki

General Features ikiwiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Version
2.67
3.9.1
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Herbert Reiter
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
AGPL-3.0-only
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Java
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
personal usage, small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements ikiwiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Operating System
Any
Any platform with Java VM 17+
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Built-in
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Java VM 17+
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage ikiwiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
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
Yes
Other
No
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 MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
N/A
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Development/Support ikiwiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
8581 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
2
German, English
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
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links ikiwiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features ikiwiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability ikiwiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics ikiwiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Output ikiwiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Contents
Extras ikiwiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
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
---------
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
! 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*
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
##italic##
//italic//
_italic_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underlined__
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
@@monospace font@@
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
~~striked through~~
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{image:wiki.png}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
{{center}}centered text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* 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
# 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>
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
----
---
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