TiddlyWiki vs. PodWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Version
5.1.21
0.9.1
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
GPL / none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
average to advanced users
System Requirements TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Operating System
Any
Unix
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
apache
Other Requirements
A common browser
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
builtin
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
8587 ⭐
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Unknown
No
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
No
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Links TiddlyWiki PodWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki PodWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Output TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki PodWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Internal Link 
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
 
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link 
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
 
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines 
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
 
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format 
''bold''
 
B<bold>
Italics Format 
//italic//
 
I<italics>
Underline Format 
__underline__
 
via html only
Monospace Format 
{{{monospaced}}}
 
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format 
--strikethrough--
 
via html only
Superscript Format 
^^superscript^^
 
via html only
Subscript Format 
~~subscript~~
 
via html only
Images 
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
 
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text 
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
 
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation 
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
 
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists 
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
 
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists 
; term
: description
 
via html only
Horizontal Rule 
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