TiddlyWiki vs. WikkaWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
Version
5.1.21
1.4.2
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Wikka Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
System Requirements TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
Operating System
Any
any (platform-independent)
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Other Requirements
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
Text Files
Optional
No
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
No
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Active Directory (patch)
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8699 ⭐
42 ⭐
Common Features TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
0
Email notification
Unknown
Patch
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Links TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Patch
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Patch
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Patch
Auto Signature
Plugin
Patch
Statistics TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Patch
Recent Visitors
No
Patch
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Output TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Patch
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Media and Files TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Image Editing
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Yes
Media Search
No
No
Extras TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
No
Forums
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki WikkaWiki
Internal Link 
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
 
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
External Link 
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
 
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
Headlines 
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
 
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Bold Format 
''bold''
 
**bold**
Italics Format 
//italic//
 
//italic//
Underline Format 
__underline__
 
__underlined__
Monospace Format 
{{{monospaced}}}
 
##monospaced##
Strikethrough Format 
--strikethrough--
 
++Strike through text++
Superscript Format 
^^superscript^^
 
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
Subscript Format 
~~subscript~~
 
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
Images 
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
 
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
Aligning Text 
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
 
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
Text Indentation 
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
 
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
Numbered Lists 
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
 
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
Definition Lists 
; term
: description
 
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Horizontal Rule 
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