SubWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki

General Features SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Version
0.1-dev
2.11.0
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
no official
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Greg Stein
Apache Software Foundation
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Academic Free License
Apache License 2.0
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Python
Java
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
RCS
Database, Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
N/A
Development status
Alpha
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
Optional
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Optional
No
No
Oracle
No
Optional
No
No
SQLite
No
Optional
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
No
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Development/Support SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
113 ⭐
8580 ⭐
N/A
Common Features SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
4
German, English, French, Japanese
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
None
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Usability SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Statistics SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Output SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Contents
Extras SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples SubWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
'''bold'''
__bold__
''bold''
*bold*
Italics Format
''italic''
''italics''
//italic//
_italic_
Underline Format
N/A
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
{{monospaced}}
{{monospace}}
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
N/A
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
N/A
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
N/A
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
N/A
%%(text-align: right) text %%
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
N/A
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
N/A
;term:definition
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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