PhpWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki

General Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
5.1.21
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (19 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Starbeamrainbowlabs
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
MPL-2.0
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free!
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Individuals, private, small groups
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
System Requirements PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Linux / Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Anything PHP enabled
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
A common browser
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)
Datastorage PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
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)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
n/a
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
optional extensions available
None yet
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Optional
Development/Support PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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207 ⭐
Common Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Links PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
JavaScript
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Output PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Keywords
Extras PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
No
Forums
Yes
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[Internal Link]]s
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
# Headline
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
''bold''
**bold text**
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italic//
_italics_
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{{monospaced}}}
`code text`
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
~~strikethough text~~
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
sometext^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
~~subscript~~
sometext~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
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

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

or 
paragraph
and another level 
:indent

> quote

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