TiddlyWiki vs. XoWiki vs. Git-Wiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
Version
5.1.21
0.113
1.0
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-03-13 (16 years ago)
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
MIT
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
XOTcl and Tcl
Ruby
Java
Data Storage
Files
Database
RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
large and small organizations as well as individuals
Private, Public
all
System Requirements TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
Operating System
Any
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
*nix
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
AOLServer
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
A common browser
Ruby
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
Text Files
Optional
No
No
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Optional
Oracle
No
Yes
No
Optional
SQLite
No
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Git
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Plugin system, backends can be added
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
No
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
Unknown
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Development/Support TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
8553 ⭐
N/A
242 ⭐
113 ⭐
Common Features TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
3
German, English, Spanish
4
Czech, German, English, French
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Links TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
No
Optional
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Yes
XML based, Javascript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Usability TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Unknown
No
Optional
Statistics TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Output TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Unknown
No
Optional
XML export
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki XoWiki Git-Wiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[[http://example.org|The title]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic//
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<s>strikethrough</s>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{Image.png}}
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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