WikiNi vs. TiddlyWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features WikiNi TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
Version
0.5.0
5.1.21
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2007-04-12 (18 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Andreas Gohr
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL 2
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End Users/Desktop, Education
Individuals, private, small groups
personal, small to medium companies
all
System Requirements WikiNi TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage WikiNi TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
No
Optional
SQLite
No
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
No
No
Plugin
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
None
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam WikiNi TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Unknown
No
Plugin
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Optional
Plugin
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
Patch
No
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Development/Support WikiNi TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8562 ⭐
4577 ⭐
113 ⭐
Common Features WikiNi TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
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 TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
French
4
German, English, French, Japanese
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
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Patch
Plugin
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Links WikiNi TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features WikiNi TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Custom styles
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Optional, PHP
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Usability WikiNi TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Statistics WikiNi TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output WikiNi TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files WikiNi TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras WikiNi TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiNi TiddlyWiki DokuWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
[[ ]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
** **
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
// //
//italic//
//italics//
''italics''
Underline Format
__ __
__underline__
__underlined__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
## ##
{{{monospaced}}}
''monospace''
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
--strikethrough--
<del>strikethrough</del>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Plugin
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
N/A
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
-
-
-
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1)
1)
1)
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
Plugin
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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