TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki vs. GWiki vs. Zim

General Features TiddlyWiki TWiki GWiki Zim
Version
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
2.4.0
0.56
Last Release Date
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
2012-04-01 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
2012-07-16 (11 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Roger Rene Kommer
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Java
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Private users, small teams
System Requirements TiddlyWiki TWiki GWiki Zim
Operating System
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
All Java Servlet Container, included
None
Other Requirements
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Java 1.8+
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage TiddlyWiki TWiki GWiki Zim
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Google Datastore
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki TWiki GWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Internal and external with adapter
File permissions
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki TWiki GWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
7039 ⭐
N/A
4 ⭐
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki TWiki GWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
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 TWiki GWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
German, English
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
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Links TiddlyWiki TWiki GWiki Zim
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki TWiki GWiki Zim
HTML Tags
Optional
All
All
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability TiddlyWiki TWiki GWiki Zim
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki TWiki GWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Output TiddlyWiki TWiki GWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki TWiki GWiki Zim
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
No
Extras TiddlyWiki TWiki GWiki Zim
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki TWiki GWiki Zim
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[http://example.com]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
''bold''
*bold*
*Bold Format*
**bold**
Italics Format
//italic//
_italic_
_Italic format_
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
+Unterlined+
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{Monospace}}
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-StrikeThrough-
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^Superscript^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
~Subscript~
_{sub}
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
not implemented
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
---
----
not implemented
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