TiddlyWiki vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. Zim

General Features TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Version
5.1.21
0.12.0
0.56
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
legolas558
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPLv2
GPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users
Private users, small teams
System Requirements TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Operating System
Any
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
None
Other Requirements
A common browser
JavaScript-capable browser
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Text Files
Optional
No
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Supports per-page AES encryption
File permissions
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8593 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Preview
Yes
No
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Unknown
No
No
Page History
Plugin
No
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
2
English, Italian
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Unknown
No
No
Comments
Plugin
No
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Links TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
HTML Tags
Optional
All
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Plugin
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Unknown
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
JavaScript
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
No
Usability TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Unknown
No
Output TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zim
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[WoaS test page]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
''bold''
*bold text*
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
/italics text/
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
_underlined text_
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
_{sub}
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[[Image::woas.png]]
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
not implemented
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
; term
: description
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
----
not implemented
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