LionWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WikiASP vs. XWiki

General Features LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
Version
3.2.4
1.5.1
5.1.21
1.6.2
18.2.0
Last Release Date
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2005-10-13 (20 years ago)
2026-03-30 (2 days ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2006-08-26 (19 years ago)
2026-03-31 (1 day ago)
Author
Adam Živnéř
PukiWiki Development Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Elrey Ronald V.
XWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
BSD
FREE
LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
ASP
Java
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Database
Database, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Intended Audience
advanced users, minimalists
One theme, one PukiWiki
Individuals, private, small groups
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
Hosting Features LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
System Requirements LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
Operating System
All PHP supported
OS independent
Any
Windows
Any platform supporting Java 17 or greater
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
IIS
Servlet 5.0+
Other Requirements
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
A common browser
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
Java 17, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
Datastorage LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
MySQL
No
No
No
Unknown
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Unknown
Yes
SQLite
No
No
No
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Other
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MS Access DB
JDBC Databases and in general any database supported by Hibernate; any custom implementation, as the storage is pluggable. Attachments can be saved on the filesystem
Security/Anti-Spam LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
optional extensions available
XWiki, OpenID Connect, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
Host Blocking
Plugin
Patch
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Unknown
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Plugin
Patch
No
Unknown
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
8574 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
4
German, English, French, Japanese
0
40
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Tables
complex
complex
complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript (plugin)
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Statistics LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Output LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Optional
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Raw Export
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Media and Files LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Contents
Extras LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Examples LionWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki WikiASP XWiki
Internal Link
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord
XWiki supports 16+ input syntaxes (e.g. confluence, twiki, docbook, mediawiki, xwiki, markdown, etc), see http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#HSupportedSyntaxes for details.

The syntax documented below is XWiki Syntax 2.1 (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax).

[[wiki syntax here>>Space.Page]]
[[Space.Page]]
(Space is optional and is the current space if not specified)
External Link
http://lionwiki.0o.cz
[Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]]
http://www.xwiki.com
Headlines
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
= Headline
== Subheadline
=== Sub-subheadline
==== etc..
Bold Format
'''bold''
''bold''
''bold''
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
**bold**
Italics Format
''italics''
'''italic'''
//italic//
''The quotation''
//Italics//
Underline Format
'__underline__'
%%%underlined%%%
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
N/A
{{{monospaced}}}
<space char here>This is mono
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
'--strikethrough--'
%%strikethrough%%
--strikethrough--
_This is Strike Through_
--Strike--
Superscript Format
N/A
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
N/A
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
Images
[path_to_img.jpg]
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
image:img.png
image:Space.Page@img.png
[[image:img.png||width="25" height="25"]]
image:http://some/url/img.png

Starting with the xwiki/2.1 syntax, also:
image:icon:cancel
Aligning Text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
(% style="... css here..." %)Text
Text Indentation
N/A
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
Non-semantic text indentation through styling:

(% style="... css here..." %)multi line text

Quotes:

> This is a quoted text
Bulleted Lists
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Test
* Bullets
* List
** list
*** list
Numbered Lists
# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

1. Item 1
11. Item 2
111. Item 3
1. Item 4
Definition Lists
:term|definition
; term
: description
; term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
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