WikiNi vs. DokuWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
0.5.0
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
phpwiki-1.3.14
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2007-04-12 (18 years ago)
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-10 (16 years ago)
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL 2
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End Users/Desktop, Education
personal, small to medium companies
Any
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
A common browser
Datastorage WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
No
Other
None
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Optional
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Patch
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
Unknown
Development/Support WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
4526 ⭐
N/A
8524 ⭐
Common Features WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
French
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Patch
Yes
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Links WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Scripting
Optional, PHP
plugins, templates, PHP
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Patch
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Statistics WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Output WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
Extras WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiNi DokuWiki PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[[ ]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
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 ==
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
** **
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
''bold''
Italics Format
// //
//italics//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italic//
Underline Format
__ __
__underlined__
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
## ##
''monospace''
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
<del>strikethrough</del>
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
~~subscript~~
Images
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
Plugin
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
N/A
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
-
-
-
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1)
1)
1)
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Plugin
Term:<def>
def
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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