Wikepage vs. ikiwiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Wikidot

General Features Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
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)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Jose Carlos Medeiros
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
BSD
AGPLv3
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small groups
Anyone
Individuals, private, small groups
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Hosting Features Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
no limit
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
by Terms Of Service
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
System Requirements Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Operating System
Platform Independent
Any
Any
Root Access
No
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 Wikidot
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
MySQL
No
No
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
No
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
8574 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
2
English, Polish
Email notification
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Optional
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Output Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
Extras Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wikepage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Internal Link
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
[[internal]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
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]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
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
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format
**Bold**
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
**bold text**
Italics Format
''Italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
//italic text//
Underline Format
__Underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__underlined text__
Monospace Format
With a space in front of the text
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format
n/a
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format
n/a
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
n/a
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
~~subscript~~
,,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]]
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text
n/a
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
= Centered line
Text Indentation
n/a
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* element 1
* element 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
# element 1
# element 1
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term
: description
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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