ikiwiki vs. Zim vs. WikiNi vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features ikiwiki Zim WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Version
2.67
0.56
0.5.0
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jaap Karssenberg
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
Python
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Private users, small teams
End Users/Desktop, Education
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements ikiwiki Zim WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
None
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
A common browser
Datastorage ikiwiki Zim WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Zim WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
File permissions
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Patch
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support ikiwiki Zim WikiNi 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 Zim WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki Zim WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
French
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Links ikiwiki Zim WikiNi TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features ikiwiki Zim WikiNi TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
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
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
JavaScript
Content Includes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Patch
Plugin
Usability ikiwiki Zim WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Plugin
Statistics ikiwiki Zim WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Plugin
Output ikiwiki Zim WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki Zim WikiNi TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
No
Plugin
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 Zim WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Zim WikiNi TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[[ ]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
=== Heading ===
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
** **
''bold''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
// //
//italic//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__ __
__underline__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
``monospace``
## ##
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
~~strike~~
@@ @@
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^{sup}
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
_{sub}
~~subscript~~
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{./image.png}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
not implemented
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
-
-
-
* 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. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
1)
1)
1)
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
not implemented
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
not implemented
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