TiddlyWiki vs. PmWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
Version
5.1.21
2.7.4
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2026-07-31 (26 days ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2026-07-31 (26 days ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL2+
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
All
all
System Requirements TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
Any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
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 servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
A common browser
none
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
Optional
SQLite
No
Plugin
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
Plugin
Plugin
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
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.
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Plugin
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
No
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Development/Support TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
8629 ⭐
N/A
117 ⭐
Common Features TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
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
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
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)
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Usability TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Optional
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Statistics TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Optional
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
Optional
XML export
Unknown
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Optional
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki PmWiki JSPWiki
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]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
''bold''
'''bold'''
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
{+underlined+}
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
@@monospace@@
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
{-strikethrough-}
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
'^superscript^'
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
'_subscript_'
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
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
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
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-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
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
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
: term : definition
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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