PhpWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (19 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MPL-2.0
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free!
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux / Windows
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Anything PHP enabled
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
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
Datastorage PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
n/a
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
None yet
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Unknown
Development/Support PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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8642 ⭐
Common Features PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Links PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Output PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Yes
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Keywords
No
Extras PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Plugin
Forums
Yes
No
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[Internal Link]]s
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
![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]]
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
# Headline
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold text**
''bold''
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
_italics_
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


`code text`
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
~~strikethough text~~
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
sometext^superscript^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
sometext~subscript~
~~subscript~~
Images
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
> Blockquote
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# list
1. A
2. B
3. C
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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