TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. Wiki-Toolkit

General Features TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Version
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
0.12.0
0.72
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2006-08-31 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2006-12-05 (19 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
legolas558
Dominic Hargreaves
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPLv2
GPL/Artistic
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Advanced End Users
Wiki Developers
System Requirements TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Operating System
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Anything that runs Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Text Files
Optional
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Supports per-page AES encryption
Plugin Interface
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki-toolkit on irc.perl.org
Stars on GitHub
8585 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Page History
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Optional
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
English, Italian
0
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
No
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
HTML Tags
Optional
All
All
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Scripting
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Usability TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Statistics TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Output TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
''bold''
*bold*
*bold text*
Italics Format
//italic//
_italic_
/italics text/
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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