TiddlyWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. BrainKeeper

General Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Version
5.1.21
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.67
Pleiades-M45
N/A
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
N/A
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
team
BrainKeeper, Inc.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
N/A
License
BSD
GPL
GPL
LGPL
N/A
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Perl
Perl
N/A
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
N/A
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Any
Anyone
corporate and special interest groups
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Hosting Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
None
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
No Restrictions
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
System Requirements TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Unix/Linux
N/A
Root Access
No
No
No
No
N/A
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any, or none
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
N/A
Other Requirements
A common browser
various opt. helpers
perl 4 or newer
N/A
Datastorage TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
N/A
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Plugin
N/A
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Plugin
N/A
Oracle
No
Yes
No
Plugin
N/A
SQLite
No
Yes
No
Plugin
N/A
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
Plugin
N/A
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
N/A
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Apache
N/A
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
No
N/A
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
8594 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
N/A
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Optional
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
plugins, templates, PHP
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Patch
No
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Output TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Keywords
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki KeheiWiki BrainKeeper
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[internal]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bold Format
''bold''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
__bold__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Italics Format
//italic//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>below</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
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
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

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

or 
paragraph
and another level 
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Definition Lists
; term
: description
Term:<def>
def
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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