PBwiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Instiki

General Features PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
Version
N/A
5.1.21
0.30.0
Last Release Date
N/A
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2019-03-01 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-03-04 (6 years ago)
Author
PBworks
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
BSD
Ruby's
Programming Language
N/A
HTML, JavaScript
Ruby on Rails
Data Storage
N/A
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Determined by Solution Needs
0
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Business Enterprises
Individuals, private, small groups
general, education
Hosting Features PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
Storage Quota
No limit
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
No limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
Operating System
N/A
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Root Access
N/A
No
No
Webserver
N/A
Not required (optional backends available)
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Other Requirements
N/A
A common browser
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Datastorage PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
Text Files
N/A
Optional
No
MySQL
N/A
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
No
Yes
Oracle
N/A
No
Plugin
SQLite
N/A
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
No
RCS
N/A
No
No
Other
N/A
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Security/Anti-Spam PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
N/A
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
Optional
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Development/Support PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
Yes
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8469 ⭐
508 ⭐
Common Features PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
No
Links PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
Javascript
JavaScript
None
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Optional
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Optional
Plugin
No
Output PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blogs
Optional
Yes
No
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PBwiki TiddlyWiki Instiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
External Link
[http://www.externallink.com]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[another site](http://example.com)
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
! 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
''italics''
//italic//
_italic_, *italic*
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
Monospace Format
<code>monospace</code>
{{{monospaced}}}
`monospace`
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
--strikethrough--
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
Aligning Text
<left>, <center>, <right>
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
Text Indentation
Indented block
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Number #1
# Number #2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
Definition Lists
<dl>
</dl>
; term
: description
term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
----
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