Zim vs. TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. XoWiki

General Features Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Version
0.56
5.1.21
2.11.0
0.113
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2009-03-13 (16 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
Apache License 2.0
BSD
Programming Language
Python
HTML, JavaScript
Java
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
all
large and small organizations as well as individuals
System Requirements Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Webserver
None
Not required (optional backends available)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
AOLServer
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Optional
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Optional
Yes
SQLite
No
No
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
File permissions
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Development/Support Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8556 ⭐
113 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
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 Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
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
4
German, English, French, Japanese
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
none
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Scripting
None
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Yes
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Usability Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Statistics Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Output Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
XML export
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Contents
Extras Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Zim TiddlyWiki JSPWiki XoWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
=== Heading ===
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic//
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
``monospace``
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
~~strike~~
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^{sup}
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
_{sub}
~~subscript~~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
{{./image.png}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
not implemented
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
not implemented
; term
: description
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
not implemented
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