Pwic.wiki vs. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Zim

General Features Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
Version
1.2
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
5.1.21
0.56
Last Release Date
2024-06-24 (2 years ago)
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-06-24 (2 years ago)
2024-04-01 (2 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
Author
Team Pwic.wiki
Tiki Software Community Association
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU Affero General Public License version 3
LGPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Python
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files
Files, 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
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
Individuals, private, small groups
Private users, small teams
System Requirements Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Stand-alone (Python aiohttp)
Works on standard shared hosting
Not required (optional backends available)
None
Other Requirements
None
A common browser
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
Text Files
No
No
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Plugin
Other
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Salted password, OAuth2 (Google, Microsoft, Github), 2FA TOTP
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
optional extensions available
File permissions
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Optional
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Patch
Optional
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
20 ⭐
N/A
8615 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
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 Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
3
German, English, French
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
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
Email notification
Patch
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
No
Threaded
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
No
Links Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Patch
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Patch
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Features Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
None
Math formulas
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
External API for automation and bots
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
JavaScript
None
Content Includes
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Patch
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Output Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
No
Office Export
Optional
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
No
Extras Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
Calendar
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Chat
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Pwic.wiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki Zim
Internal Link
[Paragraph](#p_1_1)
[Page](/project/page)
[Attachment](/special/document/1)
((Name of page))
or
((Name of page|link to a page))
or
(semantic(link to a page))
or, if activated:
CamelCase WikiWords
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
[Link](https://pwic.wiki/en)
<https://pwic.wiki/en>
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
# Title 1
## Title 2
### Title 3
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
*italics*
''italic''
//italic//
//italic//
Underline Format
--underline--
===underline===
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
`keyword`

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

> quote

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