ProWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2.0.045
Pleiades-M45
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
LGPL
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
corporate and special interest groups
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Unix / Linux
Unix/Linux
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
none
perl 4 or newer
A common browser
Datastorage ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Apache
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Development/Support ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
No
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Links ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
No
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Statistics ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Output ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Plugin
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Keywords
No
Extras ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
'''bold'''
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''bold''
Italics Format
''italic''
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
~~subscript~~
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term: definition
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
----
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