TiddlyWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. KeheiWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Version
5.1.21
2.67
Pleiades-M45
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Anyone
corporate and special interest groups
System Requirements TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Operating System
Any
Any
Unix/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Any, or none
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Other Requirements
A common browser
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Apache
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Development/Support TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8594 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Optional
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Keywords
Extras TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[internal]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
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
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Definition Lists
; term
: description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
remove TiddlyWiki remove ikiwiki remove KeheiWiki