| General Features | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
phpwiki-1.3.14
|
5.1.21
|
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
|
0.56
|
2.1.11
|
| 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)
|
2026-03-15 (7 months 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)
|
2026-03-15 (7 months ago)
|
| Author |
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
|
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
|
Starbeamrainbowlabs
|
Jaap Karssenberg
|
Foswiki Community
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
BSD
|
MPL-2.0
|
GPL
|
GPL
|
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
HTML, JavaScript
|
PHP
|
Python
|
Perl
|
| Data Storage |
Database, Files, RCS
|
Files
|
Files
|
Files, RCS
|
Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
Free!
|
0
|
$0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Any
|
Individuals, private, small groups
|
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
|
Private users, small teams
|
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
|
| System Requirements | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
| Operating System |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
Any
|
Linux / Windows
|
Linux, Windows, OSX
|
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
Not required (optional backends available)
|
Anything PHP enabled
|
None
|
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
|
| 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
|
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
| Datastorage | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| 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
|
caching of content into database using plugins
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
|
optional extensions available
|
None yet
|
File permissions
|
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Development/Support | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
| # of Consultants | |||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | |||||
| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Mailing List | |||||
| Support Forum | |||||
| Chat Channel |
#phpwiki
|
||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
8695 ⭐
|
207 ⭐
|
N/A
|
118 ⭐
|
| Common Features | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
No
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| 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 |
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Threaded
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
None
|
Conflict Detection
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Page Locking
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Structured Data |
Patch
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Links | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Features | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
None
|
All
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
complex
|
simple
|
none
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
plugins, templates, PHP
|
JavaScript
|
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
|
None
|
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Patch
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Analysis |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Output | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PDF Export |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Media and Files | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
No
|
No
|
Keywords
|
No
|
Contents
|
| Extras | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | PhpWiki | TiddlyWiki | Pepperminty Wiki | Zim | Foswiki |
| Internal Link |
WikiWord or [somelink] [ desc | pagename ] |
WikiWord (CamelCase) [[link]] [[label|link]] |
[[Internal Link]]s |
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
| External Link |
http://someserver/someurl [ desc | exturl ] |
http://www.example.com [[label|http://www.example.com]] |
 |
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org ftp://somehost/share \\host\share\.. |
External Link http://foswiki.org/ autolink [[http://foswiki.org/][label]] |
| Headlines |
!!!Headline1 !!Headline2 !Headline3 |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 |
# Headline |
=== Heading === |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
| Bold Format |
*bold* or <strong>bold</strong> |
''bold'' |
**bold text** |
**bold** |
*bold* |
| Italics Format |
_italics_ or or <em>italics</em> |
//italic// |
_italics_ |
//italic// |
_italic_ |
| Underline Format |
<u>underlined</u> |
__underline__ |
|
__underline__ |
<u>underline</u> |
| Monospace Format |
<tt>monospace</tt> <code>code</code> <pre>preformatted</pre> <verbatim> unparsed text</verbatim> |
{{{monospaced}}} |
`code text` |
``monospace`` |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
| Strikethrough Format |
<strike>striked through</strike> |
--strikethrough-- |
~~strikethough text~~ |
~~strike~~ |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>above</sup> |
^^superscript^^ |
sometext^superscript^ |
^{sup} |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>below</sub> |
~~subscript~~ |
sometext~subscript~ |
_{sub} |
<sub>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]] |
 |
{{./image.png}} |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"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 |
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
| Text Indentation |
;: left indent ;;: more left indent or paragraph and another level |
:indent > quote <<< blockquote <<< |
> Blockquote |
indent with tabs |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
| Bulleted Lists |
* list or - list |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* Item A * Item B * Item C |
* List item * sub items * with indent |
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
# list |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
1. A 2. B 3. C |
1. List item a. with sub items b. ... |
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
Term:<def> def |
; term : description |
|
not implemented |
$ Term: Definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
---- |
------- |
not implemented |
--- |
| remove PhpWiki | remove TiddlyWiki | remove Pepperminty Wiki | remove Zim | remove Foswiki |