Wiki-Toolkit vs. TiddlyWiki vs. alphawiki

General Features Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Version
0.72
5.1.21
v.20160608
Last Release Date
2006-08-31 (20 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2016-08-06 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-12-05 (19 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2016-09-10 (10 years ago)
Author
Dominic Hargreaves
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
marty alain
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL/Artistic
BSD
GNU-GPL
Programming Language
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
PHP+Javascript
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Wiki Developers
Individuals, private, small groups
private users, small teams
System Requirements Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Operating System
Anything that runs Perl
Any
probably every OS
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Anything with CGI support
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache with PHP support
Other Requirements
A common browser
Datastorage Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Text Files
No
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
None
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin Interface
optional extensions available
No
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki-toolkit on irc.perl.org
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8695 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
0
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
Unknown
No
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
No
Syntax Features Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Tables
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Scripting
JavaScript
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Plugin
No
Usability Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Section Editing
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Unknown
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Statistics Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Yes
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
No
Output Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Optional
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Optional
XML export
Unknown
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Unknown
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
File Attachments
No
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki-Toolkit TiddlyWiki alphawiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
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
! 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''
{b I am bold}
Italics Format
//italic//
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
__underline__
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
E = mc{sup 2}
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
Images
[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
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
* 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
# 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
: description
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
Horizontal Rule
----
{hr}
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