TiddlyWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. KeheiWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
Version
5.1.21
phpwiki-1.3.14
Pleiades-M45
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Any
corporate and special interest groups
System Requirements TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Other Requirements
A common browser
various opt. helpers
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Plugin
Oracle
No
Yes
Plugin
SQLite
No
Yes
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
Plugin
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Apache
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Development/Support TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
8594 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Optional
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
Yes
Links TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
No
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
plugins, templates, PHP
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Output TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Plugin
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
No
Keywords
Extras TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
%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 ]
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
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bold Format
''bold''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Italics Format
//italic//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>below</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
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
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Definition Lists
; term
: description
Term:<def>
def
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule
----
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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