MoasdaWiki vs. WikiNi vs. ikiwiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Version
3.9.1
0.5.0
2.67
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Herbert Reiter
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-3.0-only
GPL
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Java
PHP
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal usage, small teams
End Users/Desktop, Education
Anyone
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Any platform with Java VM 17+
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Built-in
Any, or none
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
Java VM 17+
A common browser
Datastorage MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
No
Other
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Patch
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
None
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
French
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Comments
No
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Quoting
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Usability MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Patch
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Plugin
Statistics MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Plugin
Output MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
No
Extras MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoasdaWiki WikiNi ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[internal]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
[[ ]]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
''bold''
** **
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
Italics Format
##italic##
// //
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
Underline Format
__underlined__
__ __
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
@@monospace font@@
## ##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
~~striked through~~
@@ @@
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
~~subscript~~
Images
{{image:wiki.png}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
{{center}}centered text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
-
-
-
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1)
1)
1)
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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