TiddlyWiki vs. Friki vs. LynxWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Version
5.1.21
2.1.1
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Frank Carver
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
ASL or LGPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Java
C#
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
private users and small teams
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Operating System
Any
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Any that can run or call Java
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
A common browser
Java 1.3 or later
IronPython
Datastorage TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
No
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8563 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
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
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Special Features TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
0
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
No
No
Comments
Plugin
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
None
Math formulas
Yes
No
Yes
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Optional
No
Textile Support
No
Optional
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
IronPython
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
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 LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
No
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 LynxWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format
''bold''
'''bold''
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
_italics_
Underline Format
__underline__
+underlined+
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
monospace
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
superscript^234^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
water: H~2~O
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
N/A
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
:        indented
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* first
* second
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. first
1. second
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists
; term
: description
title:        description
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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