PukiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Wiclear

General Features PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Version
1.5.1
5.1.21
1.0
Last Release Date
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-08-07 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2007-09-16 (18 years ago)
Author
PukiWiki Development Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
David Jobet
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
BSD
GPL2
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
Individuals, private, small groups
private users
System Requirements PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Operating System
OS independent
Any
All
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache
Other Requirements
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
A common browser
MySql
Datastorage PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
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
No
No
No
Other
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Patch
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
Patch
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8585 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
4
German, English, French, Japanese
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Flat
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
Links PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Patch
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript
Not at the moment
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Section Editing
Patch
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Statistics PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PukiWiki TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Internal Link
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[Title]
External Link
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[Title|http://url.to/]
Headlines
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
Bold Format
''bold''
''bold''
__bold__
Italics Format
'''italic'''
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
%%%underlined%%%
__underline__
Monospace Format
N/A
{{{monospaced}}}
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
Strikethrough Format
%%strikethrough%%
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
N/A
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
N/A
~~subscript~~
Images
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
Aligning Text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
N/A
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
Numbered Lists
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
Definition Lists
:term|definition
; term
: description
;def1 : the complete definition of def1
;def2 : the complete definition of def2
Horizontal Rule
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