TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki vs. Wikidot

General Features TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
Version
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
AGPLv3
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Hosting Features TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
no limit
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
by Terms Of Service
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
System Requirements TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
Operating System
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
No
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Yes
Unknown
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
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Development/Support TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8598 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
No
Special Features TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
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, Polish
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
HTML Tags
Optional
All
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Output TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Unknown
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
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
Contents
No
Extras TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki TWiki Wikidot
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format
''bold''
*bold*
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italic//
_italic_
//italic text//
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
__underlined text__
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
= Centered line
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# element 1
# element 1
Definition Lists
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
----
---
----
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