TiddlyWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. BrainKeeper vs. PukiWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Version
5.1.21
phpwiki-1.3.14
N/A
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
N/A
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
BrainKeeper, Inc.
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
N/A
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
N/A
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
N/A
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Any
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
One theme, one PukiWiki
Hosting Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No Restrictions
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
System Requirements TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
N/A
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
N/A
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
N/A
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
A common browser
various opt. helpers
N/A
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
N/A
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
N/A
No
Oracle
No
Yes
N/A
No
SQLite
No
Yes
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
N/A
No
RCS
No
Yes
N/A
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
N/A
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
N/A
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
No
Unknown
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Unknown
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
N/A
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
8594 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Plugin
No
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
N/A
No
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
Unknown
No
Links TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
plugins, templates, PHP
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Patch
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Output TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Unknown
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
No
Extras TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Unknown
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki PhpWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
''bold''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
''bold''
Italics Format
//italic//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
'''italic'''
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


N/A
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
N/A
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>below</sub>
N/A
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[ 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
#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
}}}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
Term:<def>
def
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
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