TiddlyWiki vs. ProWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Anwiki

General Features TiddlyWiki ProWiki ikiwiki Anwiki
Version
5.1.21
2.0.045
2.67
0.2.5
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-06-25 (13 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Helmut Leitner
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Antoine Walter
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL
GPL 3
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files
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
Anyone
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
System Requirements TiddlyWiki ProWiki ikiwiki Anwiki
Operating System
Any
Unix / Linux
Any
Linux, Windows, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Any, or none
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Other Requirements
A common browser
none
Datastorage TiddlyWiki ProWiki ikiwiki Anwiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
No
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 ikiwiki Anwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki ProWiki ikiwiki Anwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8616 ⭐
N/A
N/A
4 ⭐
Common Features TiddlyWiki ProWiki ikiwiki Anwiki
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
Unlimited
Restricted by Age or Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki ProWiki ikiwiki Anwiki
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
1
English
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
No
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Links TiddlyWiki ProWiki ikiwiki Anwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki ProWiki ikiwiki Anwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Optional
All
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki ProWiki ikiwiki Anwiki
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 ikiwiki Anwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Output TiddlyWiki ProWiki ikiwiki Anwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Unknown
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki ProWiki ikiwiki Anwiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
No
Extras TiddlyWiki ProWiki ikiwiki Anwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki ProWiki ikiwiki Anwiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[[internal]]
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
[link text](http://example.org)
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
Bold Format
''bold''
'''bold'''
**bold**
__bold__
<b>bold</b>
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
<i>italic</i>
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
[[strike]strikethrough text]
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>text</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>text</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
<img src=""/>
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
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
Definition Lists
; term
: description
; term: definition
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
<hr/>
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