PodWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features PodWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Version
0.9.1
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MPL-2.0
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
Free!
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements PodWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Unix
Linux / Windows
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
Anything PHP enabled
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
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 PodWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
n/a
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
builtin
None yet
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Unknown
Development/Support PodWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
206 ⭐
8642 ⭐
Common Features PodWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features PodWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
No
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links PodWiki 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
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features PodWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
No
Optional
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
Perl
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 PodWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
Statistics PodWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Plugin
Output PodWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Keywords
No
Extras PodWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
No
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
[[Internal Link]]s
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
![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
=head1 The Weather
# Headline
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
B<bold>
**bold text**
''bold''
Italics Format
I<italics>
_italics_
//italic//
Underline Format
via html only
__underline__
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
`code text`
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
via html only
~~strikethough text~~
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
via html only
sometext^superscript^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
via html only
sometext~subscript~
~~subscript~~
Images
G<logo.png>
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
> Blockquote
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
1. A
2. B
3. C
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via html only
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
---
-------
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