TWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
TWiki-6.1.0
2.11.0
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
BSD
Programming Language
Perl, JavaScript
Java
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
N/A
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
all
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
A common browser
Datastorage TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
Optional
No
PostgreSQL
No
Optional
No
Oracle
No
Optional
No
SQLite
No
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Plugin
No
nofollow
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Development/Support TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Plugin
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Usability TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Statistics TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Plugin
Output TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
XML export
Plugin
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TWiki JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
*bold*
__bold__
''bold''
Italics Format
_italic_
''italics''
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
__underline__
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{monospace}}
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
~~subscript~~
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
%%(text-align: right) text %%
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
;term:definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
---
----
----
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