TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. TWiki vs. PmWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
Version
5.1.21
2.11.0
TWiki-6.1.0
2.3.33
Last Release Date
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
2024-04-20 (8 days ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
2024-04-21 (7 days ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Apache License 2.0
GPL
GPL2+
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
all
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
All
System Requirements TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
Operating System
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Other Requirements
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
none
Datastorage TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Optional
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
Optional
No
No
Oracle
No
Optional
No
No
SQLite
No
Optional
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Development/Support TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
7039 ⭐
88 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
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
Email notification
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Comments
Plugin
Flat
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Usability TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Output TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
XML export
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
Extras TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki JSPWiki TWiki PmWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
''bold''
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
''italics''
_italic_
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>underline</u>
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospace}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>superscript</sup>
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>subscript</sub>
'_subscript_'
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
;term:definition
$ Term: Definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
----
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