TiddlyWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. BrainKeeper vs. PukiWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Version
5.1.21
2.67
N/A
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
N/A
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
BrainKeeper, Inc.
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
N/A
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
N/A
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
N/A
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Anyone
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
One theme, one PukiWiki
Hosting Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No Restrictions
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
System Requirements TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Operating System
Any
Any
N/A
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
N/A
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Any, or none
N/A
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
A common browser
N/A
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
N/A
Yes
MySQL
No
No
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
N/A
No
Oracle
No
No
N/A
No
SQLite
No
No
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
N/A
No
RCS
No
Yes
N/A
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
N/A
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
N/A
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Unknown
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
N/A
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
8594 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
N/A
No
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Usability TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Output TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Unknown
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki ikiwiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[internal]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
Italics Format
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
'''italic'''
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
N/A
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
N/A
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
N/A
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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