TiddlyWiki vs. Zwiki vs. PhpWiki vs. XoWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
Version
5.1.21
0.61
phpwiki-1.3.14
0.113
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2007-07-01 (19 years ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPLv2
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Python
PHP
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
Any
large and small organizations as well as individuals
System Requirements TiddlyWiki Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
Operating System
Any
any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Zope
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
AOLServer
Other Requirements
A common browser
various opt. helpers
Datastorage TiddlyWiki Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
Text Files
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Plugin
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SQLite
No
Unknown
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
Yes
No
RCS
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
ZODB (zope object database)
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
No
Patch
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Patch
No
Unknown
Development/Support TiddlyWiki Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
8690 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Yes
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 Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
0
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Links TiddlyWiki Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Patch
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Optional
No
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript
DTML
plugins, templates, PHP
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Patch
Optional
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Statistics TiddlyWiki Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Output TiddlyWiki Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Abbreviations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki Zwiki PhpWiki XoWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
''bold''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
//italic//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>below</sub>
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
Definition Lists
; term
: description
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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