PodWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki

General Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Version
0.9.1
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Operating System
Unix
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
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
Yes
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Plugin
Development/Support PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8598 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Special Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
Perl
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Output PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
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]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
B<bold>
''bold''
*bold*
Italics Format
I<italics>
//italic//
_italic_
Underline Format
via html only
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
via html only
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
via html only
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via html only
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
G<logo.png>
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

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

=item 1. listitem

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