MoasdaWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki

General Features MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Version
3.9.1
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Herbert Reiter
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-3.0-only
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Java
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal usage, small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Operating System
Any platform with Java VM 17+
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Built-in
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Java VM 17+
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Plugin
Development/Support MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8581 ⭐
N/A
Common Features MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Output MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
No
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
''bold''
''bold''
*bold*
Italics Format
##italic##
//italic//
_italic_
Underline Format
__underlined__
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
@@monospace font@@
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
~~striked through~~
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
{{image:wiki.png}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
{{center}}centered text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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