Zim vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Wiclear

General Features Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Version
0.56
5.1.21
1.0
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-08-07 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2007-09-16 (18 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
David Jobet
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL2
Programming Language
Python
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
private users
System Requirements Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
Any
All
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
None
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
A common browser
MySql
Datastorage Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Text Files
Yes
Optional
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
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
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
File permissions
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8557 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
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
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
Email notification
No
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
Links Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
none
complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
None
JavaScript
Not at the moment
Content Includes
No
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Statistics Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Zim TiddlyWiki Wiclear
Internal Link
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[Title]
External Link
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[Title|http://url.to/]
Headlines
=== Heading ===
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
``monospace``
{{{monospaced}}}
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
Strikethrough Format
~~strike~~
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^{sup}
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
_{sub}
~~subscript~~
Images
{{./image.png}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
Aligning Text
not implemented
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
Numbered Lists
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
Definition Lists
not implemented
; term
: description
;def1 : the complete definition of def1
;def2 : the complete definition of def2
Horizontal Rule
not implemented
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