Wikepage vs. ikiwiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2008.1
2.67
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Jose Carlos Medeiros
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small groups
Anyone
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Platform Independent
Any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Server Independent
Any, or none
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
n/a
A common browser
Datastorage Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Unknown
Page History
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
No
Yes
Unknown
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
No
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
Statistics Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
[[internal]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**Bold**
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
Italics Format
''Italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
Underline Format
__Underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
With a space in front of the text
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
n/a
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
n/a
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
n/a
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
~~subscript~~
Images
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
n/a
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
n/a
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
n/a
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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