TiddlyWiki vs. Zim vs. Wiki.js vs. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware

General Features TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Version
5.1.21
0.56
2.5.299
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2023-06-03 (3 years ago)
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2023-07-30 (3 years ago)
2024-04-01 (2 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Jaap Karssenberg
Nicolas Giard
Tiki Software Community Association
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
AGPL-v3
LGPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Javascript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files, other, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Private users, small teams
Everyone
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
System Requirements TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Operating System
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
All
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
None
All
Works on standard shared hosting
Other Requirements
A common browser
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Node.js
None
Datastorage TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Text Files with index in SQLite
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
File permissions
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8642 ⭐
N/A
28848 ⭐
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Plugin
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 Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
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
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
35
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Galician, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Swahili, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
No
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
Yes
Links TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
HTML Tags
Optional
None
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
None
JS, CSS
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Output TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Media and Files TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki Zim Wiki.js Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
((Name of page))
or
((Name of page|link to a page))
or
(semantic(link to a page))
or, if activated:
CamelCase WikiWords
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=== Heading ===
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
**Bold Text**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic//
*Italic Text*
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
<u>Underline Text</u>
===underline===
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
``monospace``
`Monospace Code`
-+monospace+-
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
~~Strikethrough Text~~
--strike--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
^Superscript Text^
{SUP()}text{SUP}
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
_{sub}
~Subscript Text~
{SUB()}text{SUB}
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{./image.png}}
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
not implemented
::centered text::
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

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