TiddlyWiki vs. XoWiki vs. Git-Wiki

General Features TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
Version
5.1.21
0.113
1.0
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-03-13 (16 years ago)
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
MIT
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
XOTcl and Tcl
Ruby
Data Storage
Files
Database
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
large and small organizations as well as individuals
Private, Public
System Requirements TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
Operating System
Any
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
*nix
Root Access
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
AOLServer
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Other Requirements
A common browser
Ruby
Datastorage TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
Text Files
Optional
No
No
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Git
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Plugin system, backends can be added
Host Blocking
No
Patch
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
Unknown
No
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8553 ⭐
N/A
242 ⭐
Common Features TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Minor Changes
Yes
Unknown
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
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
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
3
German, English, Spanish
4
Czech, German, English, French
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Links TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Unknown
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Plugin
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Yes
XML based, Javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
Section Editing
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Unknown
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Unknown
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Unknown
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
Output TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Unknown
No
XML export
Unknown
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Unknown
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[[http://example.org|The title]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<s>strikethrough</s>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{Image.png}}
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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