ikiwiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. SubWiki

General Features ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Version
2.67
5.1.21
2.11.0
0.1-dev
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
no official
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
Greg Stein
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Academic Free License
Programming Language
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Intended Audience
Anyone
Individuals, private, small groups
all
System Requirements ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Operating System
Any
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Not required (optional backends available)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Optional
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
No
Oracle
No
No
Optional
No
SQLite
No
No
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
No
RCS
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
No
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Development/Support ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8509 ⭐
112 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Flat
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
None
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Usability ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Statistics ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Output ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
No
Extras ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki SubWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
__bold__
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
''italics''
''italic''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
N/A
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospace}}
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
N/A
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
N/A
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
~~subscript~~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
N/A
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
N/A
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
N/A
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
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term
: description
;term:definition
N/A
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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