TiddlyWiki vs. ProWiki vs. Anwiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
Version
5.1.21
2.0.045
0.2.5
2.67
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2013-06-25 (13 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Helmut Leitner
Antoine Walter
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL 3
GPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
Anyone
System Requirements TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Any
Unix / Linux
Linux, Windows, probably others
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Any, or none
Other Requirements
A common browser
none
Datastorage TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Yes
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8613 ⭐
N/A
4 ⭐
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
No
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Links TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Output TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Unknown
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Filenames only
Extras TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki ProWiki Anwiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[[internal]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
''bold''
'''bold'''
<b>bold</b>
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
<i>italic</i>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<tt>monospace</tt>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
[[strike]strikethrough text]
<del>strikethrough</del>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>text</sup>
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>text</sub>
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
<img src=""/>
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
<center>anwiki</center>
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# numbered list
## numbered list
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
; term
: description
; term: definition
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
----
<hr/>
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove TiddlyWiki remove ProWiki remove Anwiki remove ikiwiki