Instiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
Version
0.30.0
5.1.21
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
BSD
GPLv2
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
HTML, JavaScript
JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users
System Requirements Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Any
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
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
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
No
Optional
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Development/Support Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
8593 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
Preview
No
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
2
English, Italian
Email notification
No
Unknown
No
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Links Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Features Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
None
JavaScript
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Usability Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Unknown
Output Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Extras Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
No
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
*bold text*
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
//italic//
/italics text/
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
__underline__
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
`monospace`
{{{monospaced}}}
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
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]]
[[Image::woas.png]]
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
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
term
: definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
***
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