WikiNi vs. BrainKeeper vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
Version
0.5.0
N/A
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
N/A
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
GPL
N/A
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
N/A
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
N/A
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
End Users/Desktop, Education
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Hosting Features WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Restrictions
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
N/A
System Requirements WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
Operating System
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
N/A
Any
Root Access
No
N/A
No
Webserver
N/A
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
N/A
A common browser
Datastorage WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
Text Files
No
N/A
Optional
MySQL
Yes
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
No
Oracle
No
N/A
No
SQLite
No
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
RCS
No
N/A
No
Other
N/A
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
N/A
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Unknown
Unknown
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Unknown
No
CAPTCHA
Patch
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
French
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Patch
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Usability WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Plugin
Statistics WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Plugin
Output WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiNi BrainKeeper TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[[ ]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
** **
''bold''
Italics Format
// //
//italic//
Underline Format
__ __
__underline__
Monospace Format
## ##
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
-
-
-
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1)
1)
1)
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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