ProWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware

General Features ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Version
2.0.045
5.1.21
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2024-04-01 (2 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Tiki Software Community Association
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
LGPL
Programming Language
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database
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
Individuals, private, small groups
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
System Requirements ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Operating System
Unix / Linux
Any
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Not required (optional backends available)
Works on standard shared hosting
Other Requirements
none
A common browser
None
Datastorage ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Text Files
Yes
Optional
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
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
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8577 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
35
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Galician, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Swahili, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Links ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Optional
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Statistics ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Output ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Optional
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Forums
No
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Examples ProWiki TiddlyWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
((Name of page))
or
((Name of page|link to a page))
or
(semantic(link to a page))
or, if activated:
CamelCase WikiWords
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
Headlines
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
'''bold'''
''bold''
__bold__
Italics Format
''italic''
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
===underline===
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{{monospaced}}}
-+monospace+-
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
--strikethrough--
--strike--
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
^^superscript^^
{SUP()}text{SUP}
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
~~subscript~~
{SUB()}text{SUB}
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
::centered text::
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
leading spaces, if activated.
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term: definition
; term
: description
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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