Wiki on a Stick vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Friki vs. LynxWiki

General Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Version
0.12.0
5.1.21
2.1.1
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
Author
legolas558
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Frank Carver
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
BSD
ASL or LGPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
JavaScript
HTML, JavaScript
Java
C#
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
Individuals, private, small groups
private users and small teams
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Any
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Any that can run or call Java
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
A common browser
Java 1.3 or later
IronPython
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Text Files
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
optional extensions available
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
No
No
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8563 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Preview
No
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Page History
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
No
Special Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
0
1
English
Email notification
No
Unknown
No
No
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Optional
No
Textile Support
No
No
Optional
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
JavaScript
IronPython
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
No
Statistics Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Output Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Contents
Extras Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki Friki LynxWiki
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
Headlines
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format
*bold text*
''bold''
'''bold''
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
/italics text/
//italic//
''italic''
_italics_
Underline Format
_underlined text_
__underline__
+underlined+
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
{{{monospaced}}}
monospace
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
superscript^234^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
water: H~2~O
Images
[[Image::woas.png]]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
N/A
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
:        indented
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* first
* second
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. first
1. second
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists
; term
: description
title:        description
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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