TiddlyWiki vs. Friki vs. ikiwiki

General Features TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
Version
5.1.21
2.1.1
2.67
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Frank Carver
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
ASL or LGPL
GPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
private users and small teams
Anyone
System Requirements TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
Operating System
Any
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Any that can run or call Java
Any, or none
Other Requirements
A common browser
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8538 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Unknown
No
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
0
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Namespaces
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Links TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Textile Support
No
Optional
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
No
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Plugin
Usability TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Extras TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki Friki ikiwiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[internal]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
''bold''
'''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
monospace
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
:        indented
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* first
* second
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. first
1. second
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
; term
: description
title:        description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove TiddlyWiki remove Friki remove ikiwiki