WiGit vs. WikyBlog vs. TiddlyWiki vs. alphawiki

General Features WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Version
0.1
1.5.4
5.1.21
v.20160608
Last Release Date
2008-07-21 (18 years ago)
2007-10-24 (19 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2016-08-06 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-07-09 (17 years ago)
2007-10-24 (19 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2016-09-10 (10 years ago)
Author
Remko Tronçon
Josh Schmidt
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
marty alain
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
BSD
GNU-GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
PHP+Javascript
Data Storage
other
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users
Private, Internet Communities
Individuals, private, small groups
private users, small teams
System Requirements WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
probably every OS
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache with PHP support
Other Requirements
Git
MySQL
A common browser
Datastorage WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
Git repositories
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
None
Security/Anti-Spam WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
optional extensions available
No
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
8695 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
0
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Unknown
No
Comments
No
Threaded
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Syntax Features WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Scripting
No
JavaScript
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
No
Usability WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Statistics WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
No
Output WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Printer Friendly
No
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Unknown
Optional
Auto-TOC
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
No
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Extras WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WiGit WikyBlog TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Internal Link
[InternalLink]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
"External link":http://externallink.com
[http://example.org The title]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
Headlines
h1. Headline
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
Bold Format
*Bold*
'''bold'''
''bold''
{b I am bold}
Italics Format
_Italics_
''italic''
//italic//
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
+underlined+
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
@monospace@
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{{monospaced}}}
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
--strikethrough--
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
E = mc{sup 2}
Subscript Format
~subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
~~subscript~~
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
Images
!image.jpg!
[[Image:wiki.png]]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
Aligning Text
>Right-aligned
<center>Centered</center>
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
: indented line
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
Numbered Lists
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
Definition Lists
; term : definition
; term
: description
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
Horizontal Rule
----
----
{hr}
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