Zim vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Zim Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Version
0.56
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MPL-2.0
BSD
Programming Language
Python
PHP
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
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Zim Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
Linux / Windows
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
None
Anything PHP enabled
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
A common browser
Datastorage Zim Pepperminty Wiki 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
n/a
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Zim Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
File permissions
None yet
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Unknown
Development/Support Zim Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features Zim Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Unknown
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Zim Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
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
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
No
Yes
Unknown
Comments
No
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Yes
Links Zim Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features Zim Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Tables
none
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
None
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Usability Zim Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
Statistics Zim Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Plugin
Output Zim Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Zim Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Keywords
No
Extras Zim Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Plugin
Forums
No
No
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Zim Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[Internal Link]]s
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
=== Heading ===
# Headline
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold text**
''bold''
Italics Format
//italic//
_italics_
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
``monospace``
`code text`
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
~~strike~~
~~strikethough text~~
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^{sup}
sometext^superscript^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
_{sub}
sometext~subscript~
~~subscript~~
Images
{{./image.png}}
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
not implemented
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
> Blockquote
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
1. A
2. B
3. C
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
not implemented
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
not implemented
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