TiddlyWiki vs. PmWiki vs. Friki

General Features TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
Version
5.1.21
2.5.6
2.1.1
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2026-02-08 (9 days ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2026-02-08 (9 days ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Frank Carver
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL2+
ASL or LGPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
All
private users and small teams
System Requirements TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
Operating System
Any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Any that can run or call Java
Other Requirements
A common browser
none
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
No
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Optional
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8548 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
No
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Unknown
Optional
No
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Textile Support
No
No
Optional
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Optional
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
No
Usability TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Optional
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Optional
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Optional
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Optional
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Optional
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
No
XML export
Unknown
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
File Attachments
Plugin
Optional
No
Media Revisions
No
Optional
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki PmWiki Friki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
''bold''
'''bold'''
'''bold''
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
@@monospace@@
monospace
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
'_subscript_'
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
:        indented
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* first
* second
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. first
1. second
Definition Lists
; term
: description
: term : definition
title:        description
Horizontal Rule
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