TiddlyWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Version
5.1.21
phpwiki-1.3.14
Pleiades-M45
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
team
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
LGPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Any
corporate and special interest groups
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix/Linux
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
A common browser
various opt. helpers
perl 4 or newer
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
Yes
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
Plugin
No
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Apache
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
8594 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
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
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki 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
Threaded
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
Yes
No
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Links TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
No
Patch
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
No
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
plugins, templates, PHP
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Patch
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Unknown
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Keywords
No
Extras TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
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
 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
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
 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines 
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
 
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3

text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format 
''bold''
 
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
 
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
''bold''
Italics Format 
//italic//
 
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
 
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
'''italic'''
Underline Format 
__underline__
 
<u>underlined</u>
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format 
{{{monospaced}}}
 
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>



<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
 
N/A
Strikethrough Format 
--strikethrough--
 
<strike>striked through</strike>
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format 
^^superscript^^
 
<sup>above</sup>
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
N/A
Subscript Format 
~~subscript~~
 
<sub>below</sub>
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
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

insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
#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>


<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation 
:indent

> quote

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

or 
paragraph
and another level 

<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
N/A
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* list
or
- list
 
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists 
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
 
# list
 
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists 
; term
: description
 
Term:<def>
def
 
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule 
----
 
----
 
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
 
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