TiddlyWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Version
5.1.21
2.67
Pleiades-M45
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
team
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
LGPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Perl
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
corporate and special interest groups
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Any
Any
Unix/Linux
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Any, or none
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
A common browser
perl 4 or newer
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki 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
Apache
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
8594 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
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
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki 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
Threaded
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
Yes
No
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Links TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
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
No
Patch
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Usability TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Output TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Unknown
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Keywords
No
Extras TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[internal]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
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
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
---------
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''bold''
Italics Format
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''italic'''
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
N/A
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
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
#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
}}}
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
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
- 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
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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