TiddlyWiki vs. PmWiki vs. Zwiki

General Features TiddlyWiki PmWiki Zwiki
Version
5.1.21
2.5.5
0.61
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2026-01-10 (27 days ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2026-01-10 (27 days ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL2+
GPLv2
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
All
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements TiddlyWiki PmWiki Zwiki
Operating System
Any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any
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.
Zope
Other Requirements
A common browser
none
Datastorage TiddlyWiki PmWiki Zwiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Plugin
MySQL
No
Plugin
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
Plugin
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Plugin
Unknown
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki PmWiki Zwiki
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.
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Optional
Patch
Development/Support TiddlyWiki PmWiki Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
8538 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki PmWiki Zwiki
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 Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Optional
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
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
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 Zwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki PmWiki Zwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Optional
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Optional
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Scripting
JavaScript
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
DTML
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Usability TiddlyWiki PmWiki Zwiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
Optional
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki PmWiki Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Optional
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Optional
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output TiddlyWiki PmWiki Zwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Optional
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki PmWiki Zwiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Optional
No
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
Filenames only
Extras TiddlyWiki PmWiki Zwiki
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 Zwiki
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]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
''bold''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
@@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
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
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
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
Definition Lists
; term
: description
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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