| General Features | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.9.1
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5.1.21
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1.1.7
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0.30.0
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| Last Release Date |
2007-02-12 (17 years ago)
|
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
|
2024-03-18 (2 months ago)
|
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2007-02-13 (17 years ago)
|
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
|
2007-03-28 (17 years ago)
|
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
|
| Author |
Thomas Linden
|
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
|
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
|
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
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| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
BSD
|
Public Domain
|
Ruby's
|
| Programming Language |
Perl
|
HTML, JavaScript
|
Perl
|
Ruby on Rails
|
| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Files
|
Files
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
GPL / none
|
0
|
Free
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
average to advanced users
|
Individuals, private, small groups
|
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
|
general, education
|
| System Requirements | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
| Operating System |
Unix
|
Any
|
Linux, *BSD
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
apache
|
Not required (optional backends available)
|
Any that supports basic CGI.
|
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
|
| Other Requirements |
mod_rewrite optional
|
A common browser
|
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
|
Ruby 2.0-2.6
|
| Datastorage | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
|
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
|
diffs
|
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
builtin
|
optional extensions available
|
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
|
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Development/Support | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel |
#49
|
|||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
7039 ⭐
|
N/A
|
478 ⭐
|
| Common Features | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
To current
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Special Features | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
4
German, English, French, Japanese |
1
English |
1
English |
| Email notification |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Comments |
Threaded
|
Plugin
|
Flat
|
No
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
None
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Page Locking
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Not available
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Links | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
| HTML Tags |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
None
|
All
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
complex
|
simple
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| BBCode Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
Perl
|
JavaScript
|
None
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Usability | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Output | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| RSS Feeds |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Extras | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | PodWiki | TiddlyWiki | Wala Wiki | Instiki |
| Internal Link |
POD: L<Sandbox> L<Link Description|Sandbox> Creole: [[Sandbox]] [[Sandbox|Link Description]] BBcode: [url]Sandbox[/url] [url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url] |
WikiWord (CamelCase) [[link]] [[label|link]] |
LinkDump, [link dump] |
[[Some Page]] [[Some Page|anchor text]] [[Some Page#anchor]] [[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]] |
| External Link |
L<http://www.daemon.de> |
http://www.example.com [[label|http://www.example.com]] |
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3] |
[another site](http://example.com) |
| Headlines |
=head1 The Weather |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 |
= headline = |
#Level 1# ##Level 2## ###Level 3### ####Level 4#### #####Level 5##### ######Level 6###### |
| Bold Format |
B<bold> |
''bold'' |
'''bolded''' |
**bold** |
| Italics Format |
I<italics> |
//italic// |
''italicized'' |
_italic_, *italic* |
| Underline Format |
via html only |
__underline__ |
|
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'} |
| Monospace Format |
put a space in front of monospaced text |
{{{monospaced}}} |
monospaced. |
`monospace` |
| Strikethrough Format |
via html only |
--strikethrough-- |
|
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'} |
| Superscript Format |
via html only |
^^superscript^^ |
|
<sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
via html only |
~~subscript~~ |
|
<sub>subscript</sub> |
| Images |
G<logo.png> |
[img[local.jpg]] [img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]] |
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include. |
, [[image.jpg|alt text:pic]] |
| Aligning Text |
via stylesheet only |
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}} |
|
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'} |
| Text Indentation |
via stylesheet only |
:indent > quote <<< blockquote <<< |
:Block-quoted text. |
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}
> blockquote |
| Bulleted Lists |
=over =item* listitem =back |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* Bullet point * Bullet point |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
=over =item 1. listitem =back |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
# One # Two # Three |
1. Item 1 1. Item 1.1 2. Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
via html only |
; term : description |
|
term : definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
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