PhpWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Zwiki

General Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
5.1.21
0.61
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPLv2
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Individuals, private, small groups
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Zope
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
A common browser
Datastorage PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Plugin
MySQL
Yes
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Plugin
Oracle
Yes
No
Plugin
SQLite
Yes
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
Unknown
RCS
Yes
No
Unknown
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
optional extensions available
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
No
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Patch
Development/Support PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8515 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
0
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Links PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Patch
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
Optional
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
JavaScript
DTML
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Statistics PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Extras PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zwiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
''bold''
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
~~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]]
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
:indent

> quote

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