PhpWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. Zim

General Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
5.1.21
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
0.56
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (19 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
MPL-2.0
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free!
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Individuals, private, small groups
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
Private users, small teams
System Requirements PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Linux / Windows
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Anything PHP enabled
None
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)
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
n/a
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
optional extensions available
None yet
File permissions
Host Blocking
No
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Development/Support PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8695 ⭐
207 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
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
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Patch
Yes
Unknown
No
Links PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple
none
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
JavaScript
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Usability PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Statistics PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Output PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Keywords
No
Extras PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[Internal Link]]s
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
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)
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
# Headline
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
''bold''
**bold text**
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italic//
_italics_
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{{monospaced}}}
`code text`
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
~~strikethough text~~
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
sometext^superscript^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
~~subscript~~
sometext~subscript~
_{sub}
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)
{{./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
not implemented
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
:indent

> quote

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