alphawiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Foswiki

General Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
Version
v.20160608
5.1.21
2.1.8
Last Release Date
2016-08-05 (7 years ago)
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
2023-08-05 (9 months ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (7 years ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
2023-10-16 (7 months ago)
Author
marty alain
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Foswiki Community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
System Requirements alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
Operating System
probably every OS
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Other Requirements
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
None
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
caching of content into database using plugins
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Plugin
Development/Support alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
# 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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97 ⭐
Common Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Plugin
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
All
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
JavaScript
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Plugin
Usability alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
Section Editing
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Statistics alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Output alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
Calendar
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples alphawiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
''bold''
*bold*
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
//italic//
_italic_
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
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