ProWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PodWiki

General Features ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Version
2.0.045
5.1.21
0.9.1
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (20 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
GPL / none
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
average to advanced users
System Requirements ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Operating System
Unix / Linux
Any
Unix
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Not required (optional backends available)
apache
Other Requirements
none
A common browser
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
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
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
builtin
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8695 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
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
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
No
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
Links ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
Output ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

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

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format
'''bold'''
''bold''
B<bold>
Italics Format
''italic''
//italic//
I<italics>
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
via html only
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{{monospaced}}}
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
--strikethrough--
via html only
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
^^superscript^^
via html only
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
~~subscript~~
via html only
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists
; term: definition
; term
: description
via html only
Horizontal Rule
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