Zim vs. Oddmuse vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Version
0.56
2.3.13
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2018-09-04 (8 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
Alex Schroeder
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Python
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small teams
family people, hackers
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
Anything supported by Perl
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
None
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Writable data directory
A common browser
Datastorage Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
File permissions
None (use your web server instead)
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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8673 ⭐
Common Features Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
No
Plugin
Unknown
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Yes
Links Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
None
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
none
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
No
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
Scripting
None
Perl
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Plugin
Statistics Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Plugin
Forums
No
No
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Zim Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
=== Heading ===
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
//italic//
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
``monospace``
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
~~strike~~
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^{sup}
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
_{sub}
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
~~subscript~~
Images
{{./image.png}}
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
not implemented
no example known
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* one
** two
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
not implemented
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
not implemented
Depending on plugins:
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