Pwic.wiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Zim vs. Wiki.js

General Features Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
Version
1.2
5.1.21
0.56
2.5.299
Last Release Date
2024-06-24 (2 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2023-06-03 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-06-24 (2 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2023-07-30 (3 years ago)
Author
Team Pwic.wiki
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Jaap Karssenberg
Nicolas Giard
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU Affero General Public License version 3
BSD
GPL
AGPL-v3
Programming Language
Python
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Javascript
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files, other, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Personal, IT consultancy, Software development, Small to medium companies
Individuals, private, small groups
Private users, small teams
Everyone
System Requirements Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
All
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Stand-alone (Python aiohttp)
Not required (optional backends available)
None
All
Other Requirements
A common browser
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Node.js
Datastorage Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
Text Files
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Text Files with index in SQLite
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Salted password, OAuth2 (Google, Microsoft, Github), 2FA TOTP
optional extensions available
File permissions
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Blacklist
Patch
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Development/Support Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
20 ⭐
8642 ⭐
N/A
28848 ⭐
Common Features Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Optional
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
3
German, English, French
4
German, English, French, Japanese
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Patch
Unknown
No
No
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Yes
No
No
Links Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Patch
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Features Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
None
All
Math formulas
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
External API for automation and bots
JavaScript
None
JS, CSS
Content Includes
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
No
Usability Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Plugin
No
Optional
Statistics Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Patch
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Output Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Office Export
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
No
Extras Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
Calendar
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Forums
No
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js
Internal Link
[Paragraph](#p_1_1)
[Page](/project/page)
[Attachment](/special/document/1)
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
External Link
[Link](https://pwic.wiki/en)
<https://pwic.wiki/en>
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
Headlines
# Title 1
## Title 2
### Title 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=== Heading ===
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
**bold**
**Bold Text**
Italics Format
*italics*
//italic//
//italic//
*Italic Text*
Underline Format
--underline--
__underline__
__underline__
<u>Underline Text</u>
Monospace Format
`keyword`

```python
print('Block of code')
```
{{{monospaced}}}
``monospace``
`Monospace Code`
Strikethrough Format
~~strikethrough~~
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
~~Strikethrough Text~~
Superscript Format
x<sup>2</sup> (trick)
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
^Superscript Text^
Subscript Format
x<sub>2</sub> (trick)
~~subscript~~
_{sub}
~Subscript Text~
Images
![Caption](/special/document/1 "Image").
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{./image.png}}
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
not implemented
Text Indentation
> Block line 1
> Block line 2
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
Numbered Lists
1. Line 1
2. Line 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
Definition Lists
; term
: description
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
---
----
not implemented
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