| General Features | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.9.1
|
0.56
|
5.1.21
|
2.0.045
|
| Last Release Date |
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
|
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
|
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
|
2006-10-14 (20 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
|
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
|
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
|
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
|
| Author |
Thomas Linden
|
Jaap Karssenberg
|
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
|
Helmut Leitner
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
GPL
|
BSD
|
GPL
|
| Programming Language |
Perl
|
Python
|
HTML, JavaScript
|
Perl
|
| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Files, RCS
|
Files
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
GPL / none
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
average to advanced users
|
Private users, small teams
|
Individuals, private, small groups
|
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
|
| System Requirements | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
| Operating System |
Unix
|
Linux, Windows, OSX
|
Any
|
Unix / Linux
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
apache
|
None
|
Not required (optional backends available)
|
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
|
| Other Requirements |
mod_rewrite optional
|
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
|
A common browser
|
none
|
| Datastorage | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Other |
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
|
Text Files with index in SQLite
|
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
builtin
|
File permissions
|
optional extensions available
|
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| nofollow |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Development/Support | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel |
#49
|
|||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
8695 ⭐
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
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 |
4
German, English, French, Japanese |
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian |
| Email notification |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Threaded
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
None
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Links | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Plugin
|
None
|
Optional
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
none
|
complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Scripting |
Perl
|
None
|
JavaScript
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Usability | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Output | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| RSS Feeds |
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Extras | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | PodWiki | Zim | TiddlyWiki | ProWiki |
| Internal Link |
POD: L<Sandbox> L<Link Description|Sandbox> Creole: [[Sandbox]] [[Sandbox|Link Description]] BBcode: [url]Sandbox[/url] [url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url] |
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage |
WikiWord (CamelCase) [[link]] [[label|link]] |
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink] |
| External Link |
L<http://www.daemon.de> |
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org ftp://somehost/share \\host\share\.. |
http://www.example.com [[label|http://www.example.com]] |
http://example.org InterWiki:page [some:link labelforlink] |
| Headlines |
=head1 The Weather |
=== Heading === |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 |
= Headline 1 = == Headline 2 = === Headline 3 = ==== Headline 4 = ===== Headline 5 = ====== Headline 6 = |
| Bold Format |
B<bold> |
**bold** |
''bold'' |
'''bold''' |
| Italics Format |
I<italics> |
//italic// |
//italic// |
''italic'' |
| Underline Format |
via html only |
__underline__ |
__underline__ |
<u>underlined</u> |
| Monospace Format |
put a space in front of monospaced text |
``monospace`` |
{{{monospaced}}} |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
| Strikethrough Format |
via html only |
~~strike~~ |
--strikethrough-- |
[[strike]strikethrough text] |
| Superscript Format |
via html only |
^{sup} |
^^superscript^^ |
<sup>text</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
via html only |
_{sub} |
~~subscript~~ |
<sub>text</sub> |
| Images |
G<logo.png> |
{{./image.png}} |
[img[local.jpg]] [img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]] |
http://example.org/file.jpg Upload:file.gif [[Image]...options...] |
| Aligning Text |
via stylesheet only |
not implemented |
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}} |
only as part of tables or citations [align:left|center|right] |
| Text Indentation |
via stylesheet only |
indent with tabs |
:indent > quote <<< blockquote <<< |
: indented line :: indented line |
| Bulleted Lists |
=over =item* listitem =back |
* List item * sub items * with indent |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* bulleted list ** bulleted list |
| Numbered Lists |
=over =item 1. listitem =back |
1. List item a. with sub items b. ... |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
# numbered list ## numbered list |
| Definition Lists |
via html only |
not implemented |
; term : description |
; term: definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
--- |
not implemented |
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