Instiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Instiki TiddlyWiki
Version
0.30.0
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
BSD
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Instiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Any
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
A common browser
Datastorage Instiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
No
Optional
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Unknown
Development/Support Instiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
8593 ⭐
Common Features Instiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features Instiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
No
Unknown
Comments
No
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Links Instiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features Instiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Scripting
None
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Usability Instiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Statistics Instiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Output Instiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Extras Instiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
Blogs
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link 
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
 
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link 
[another site](http://example.com)
 
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines 
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######

! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
''bold''
Italics Format 
_italic_, *italic*
 
//italic//
Underline Format 
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
 
__underline__
Monospace Format 
`monospace`
 
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format 
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
 
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
~~subscript~~
Images 
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
 
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text 
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
 
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation 
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
 
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
 
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists 
term
: definition
 
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule 
***
 
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