TiddlyWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Version
5.1.21
Pleiades-M45
2.67
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
LGPL
GPL
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
corporate and special interest groups
Anyone
System Requirements TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Any
Unix/Linux
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Any, or none
Other Requirements
A common browser
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Yes
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Apache
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8586 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Optional
Yes
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
Optional
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
No
Optional
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Plugin
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
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Usability TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
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
Plugin
No
Output TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
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 KeheiWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
Filenames only
Extras TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[[internal]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
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
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
; term
: description
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove TiddlyWiki remove KeheiWiki remove ikiwiki