TiddlyWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. PodWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Version
5.1.21
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
0.9.1
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
MPL-2.0
GPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free!
GPL / none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
average to advanced users
System Requirements TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Operating System
Any
Linux / Windows
Unix
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Anything PHP enabled
apache
Other Requirements
A common browser
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
n/a
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
None yet
builtin
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Optional
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
8695 ⭐
207 ⭐
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Unknown
No
No
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Links TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Unknown
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
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Optional
No
Tables
complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
Output TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
No
Extras TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
No
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[Internal Link]]s
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
# Headline
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold text**
B<bold>
Italics Format
//italic//
_italics_
I<italics>
Underline Format
__underline__
via html only
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
`code text`
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
~~strikethough text~~
via html only
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
sometext^superscript^
via html only
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
sometext~subscript~
via html only
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
> Blockquote
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. A
2. B
3. C
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists
; term
: description
via html only
Horizontal Rule
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