TiddlyWiki vs. Instiki vs. Git-Wiki

General Features TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
Version
5.1.21
0.30.0
1.0
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2019-03-01 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-03-04 (6 years ago)
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Ruby's
MIT
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Ruby on Rails
Ruby
Data Storage
Files
Database
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
general, education
Private, Public
System Requirements TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
*nix
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Other Requirements
A common browser
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Ruby
Datastorage TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
Text Files
Optional
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Git
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Plugin system, backends can be added
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8469 ⭐
508 ⭐
242 ⭐
Common Features TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
Preview
Yes
No
Plugin
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Unknown
No
Plugin
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
4
Czech, German, English, French
Email notification
Unknown
No
No
Comments
Plugin
No
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Plugin
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
Links TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Yes
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
None
XML based, Javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Plugin
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki Instiki Git-Wiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[another site](http://example.com)
[[http://example.org|The title]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
_italic_, *italic*
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
`monospace`
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
<s>strikethrough</s>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
{{Image.png}}
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
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