PmWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2.3.33
1.5.1
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2024-04-20 (19 days ago)
2016-03-06 (8 years ago)
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-04-21 (18 days ago)
2016-03-23 (8 years ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
Author
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
PukiWiki Development Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL2+
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
All
One theme, one PukiWiki
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
none
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
A common browser
Datastorage PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
Other
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Optional
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Optional
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
Unknown
Development/Support PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Yes
Interface Languages
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Links PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Features PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
Optional
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Plugin
Scripting
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Usability PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Optional
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Optional
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
No
Yes
XML export
Plugin
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
Optional
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Extras PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
'''bold'''
''bold''
''bold''
Italics Format
''italic''
'''italic'''
//italic//
Underline Format
{+underlined+}
%%%underlined%%%
__underline__
Monospace Format
@@monospace@@
N/A
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
{-strikethrough-}
%%strikethrough%%
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
'^superscript^'
N/A
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
'_subscript_'
N/A
~~subscript~~
Images
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
N/A
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
:term|definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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