TiddlyWiki vs. Hatta vs. ErfurtWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Version
5.1.21
1.6.6
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
2.67
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Radomir Dopieralski
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL v2
Public Domain (!)
GPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Python
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
small + medium sites, development teams
Anyone
System Requirements TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Any
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
anything with PHP support
Any, or none
Other Requirements
A common browser
Mercurial
none
Datastorage TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Optional
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
no
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
n/a
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Patch
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
8580 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Patch
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Plugin
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Links TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
JavaScript
optional
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Usability TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
No
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Optional
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
No
Output TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
Optional
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Extras TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki Hatta ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[internal]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
__bold text__
**bold text**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic//
''ialic text''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underline__
n/a
optional or via css
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
{{{verbatim}}}
==monospaced text==
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
n/a
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
** sublist
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
n/a
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
; term
: description
n/a
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
----
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove TiddlyWiki remove Hatta remove ErfurtWiki remove ikiwiki