Pepperminty Wiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Zim

General Features Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Version
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
5.1.21
0.56
Last Release Date
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MPL-2.0
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free!
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
Individuals, private, small groups
Private users, small teams
System Requirements Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Operating System
Linux / Windows
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything PHP enabled
Not required (optional backends available)
None
Other Requirements
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
A common browser
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
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
Plugin
Other
n/a
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
None yet
optional extensions available
File permissions
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Unknown
No
Development/Support Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
206 ⭐
8587 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
Links Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
CamelCase
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Features Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
None
Math formulas
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
JavaScript
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Usability Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Statistics Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
Output Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
Extras Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Calendar
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Internal Link
[[Internal Link]]s
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
# Headline
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
**bold text**
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_
//italic//
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
`code text`
{{{monospaced}}}
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
~~strikethough text~~
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
sometext^superscript^
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
sometext~subscript~
~~subscript~~
_{sub}
Images
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
not implemented
Text Indentation
> Blockquote
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
1. A
2. B
3. C
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
; term
: description
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
-------
----
not implemented
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