PageWork vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Zim

General Features PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Version
0.4.8
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
5.1.21
0.56
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
MPL-2.0
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
none
Free!
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
Individuals, private, small groups
Private users, small teams
System Requirements PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Operating System
Any
Linux / Windows
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
Anything PHP enabled
Not required (optional backends available)
None
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
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
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Patch
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Plugin
Other
n/a
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
None yet
optional extensions available
File permissions
Host Blocking
No
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Development/Support PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
206 ⭐
8587 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
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
Email notification
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Links PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
CamelCase
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Optional
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Features PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple
complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
JavaScript
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Usability PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
No
Statistics PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Output PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Keywords
Keywords
No
No
Extras PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
[[Internal Link]]s
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
![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]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
# Headline
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
**bold text**
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
_italics_
//italic//
//italic//
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
`code text`
{{{monospaced}}}
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
~~strikethough text~~
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
sometext^superscript^
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
sometext~subscript~
~~subscript~~
_{sub}
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
not implemented
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
> Blockquote
:indent

> quote

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