TiddlyWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Version
5.1.21
Pleiades-M45
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
team
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
LGPL
GPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
corporate and special interest groups
Any
System Requirements TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Operating System
Any
Unix/Linux
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
A common browser
perl 4 or newer
various opt. helpers
Datastorage TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
Yes
Oracle
No
Plugin
Yes
SQLite
No
Plugin
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
Yes
RCS
No
Plugin
Yes
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Apache
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
8580 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Preview
Yes
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
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
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
No
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
Patch
Links TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Output TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
No
Extras TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki KeheiWiki PhpWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
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
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
''bold''
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
//italic//
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
__underline__
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<sub>below</sub>
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# list
Definition Lists
; term
: description
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
----
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