TiddlyWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Hatta vs. mobiki

General Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
Version
5.1.21
2.67
1.6.6
2016-06-26
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2016-06-26 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2016-06-26 (10 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Radomir Dopieralski
Martin D�ring
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL v2
MIT
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Anyone
Text centric websites and mobile use
System Requirements TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
Operating System
Any
Any
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Any, or none
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
any
Other Requirements
A common browser
Mercurial
PHP 5.4+
Datastorage TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
n/a
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Yes
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
8613 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
No
Special Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
0
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
No
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Links TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
None
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple
none
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
No
Footnotes
Plugin
No
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
No
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
No
Output TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
No
XML export
Unknown
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
No
No
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Extras TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
No
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki ikiwiki Hatta mobiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[internal]]
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
[Internal Link]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
!Headline
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
n/a
n/a
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
n/a
n/a
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* list
** sublist
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
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
n/a
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
Definition Lists
; term
: description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
n/a
n/a
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
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