PodWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. ButorWiki

General Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Version
0.9.1
5.1.21
2.2.1
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-03-09 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Aiman Sawan
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
LGPL
Programming Language
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Individuals, private, small groups
SMB
System Requirements PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Operating System
Unix
Any
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
Not required (optional backends available)
Any webserver
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
A common browser
Tomcat 4.1 +
Datastorage PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
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
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
optional extensions available
None
Host Blocking
No
No
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
No
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8563 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
No
Unknown
Optional
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Optional
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
Perl
JavaScript
Internal Macros
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Usability PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Statistics PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
No
Unknown
Analysis
No
Plugin
Unknown
Output PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Optional
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Keywords
Extras PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

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

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
<a href="..."></a>
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
<a href="..."></a>
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
...
Bold Format
B<bold>
''bold''
<b>Bold</b>
Italics Format
I<italics>
//italic//
<i>Italics</i>
Underline Format
via html only
__underline__
<u>Underline</u>
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
via html only
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
via html only
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
via html only
~~subscript~~
Images
G<logo.png>
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via html only
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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