JSPWiki vs. PodWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2.11.0
0.9.1
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Apache Software Foundation
Thomas Linden
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Java
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
GPL / none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
average to advanced users
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Unix
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
apache
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
mod_rewrite optional
A common browser
Datastorage JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
Optional
No
No
PostgreSQL
Optional
No
No
Oracle
Optional
No
No
SQLite
Optional
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Optional
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Yes
No
Other
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
builtin
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
Plugin
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
Unknown
Development/Support JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#49
Stars on GitHub
116 ⭐
N/A
8598 ⭐
Common Features JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Plugin
No
Unknown
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Perl
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Usability JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Plugin
Statistics JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples JSPWiki PodWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
=head1 The Weather
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
__bold__
B<bold>
''bold''
Italics Format
''italics''
I<italics>
//italic//
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
via html only
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
put a space in front of monospaced text
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
via html only
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
via html only
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
via html only
~~subscript~~
Images
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
G<logo.png>
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
via stylesheet only
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
via stylesheet only
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
;term:definition
via html only
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
---
----
remove JSPWiki remove PodWiki remove TiddlyWiki