ProWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki

General Features ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Version
2.0.045
5.1.21
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (20 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Starbeamrainbowlabs
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
MPL-2.0
Programming Language
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free!
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Individuals, private, small groups
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
System Requirements ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Operating System
Unix / Linux
Any
Linux / Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Not required (optional backends available)
Anything PHP enabled
Other Requirements
none
A common browser
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)
Datastorage ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
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
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
n/a
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
None yet
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Optional
Development/Support ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
Links ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Optional
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Usability ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Output ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Keywords
Extras ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
No
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[Internal Link]]s
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
Headlines
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
# Headline
Bold Format
'''bold'''
''bold''
**bold text**
Italics Format
''italic''
//italic//
_italics_
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{{monospaced}}}
`code text`
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
--strikethrough--
~~strikethough text~~
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
^^superscript^^
sometext^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
~~subscript~~
sometext~subscript~
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
> Blockquote
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. A
2. B
3. C
Definition Lists
; term: definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
----
-------
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