WikiCrowd vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Zim vs. GWiki vs. Hatta vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Version
0.0.16
5.1.21
0.56
2.4.0
1.6.6
0.12.0
Last Release Date
29 Nov, 2010
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
2012-04-01 (12 years ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
2015-08-28 (8 years ago)
2010-06-20 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-11-29 (13 years ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
2012-07-16 (11 years ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
2015-08-29 (8 years ago)
2010-08-24 (13 years ago)
Author
Stas Davydov
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Jaap Karssenberg
Roger Rene Kommer
Radomir Dopieralski
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
BSD
GPL
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL v2
GPLv2
Programming Language
PHP, XSL, JavaScript
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Java
Python
JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Free
0
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Personal, Corporate, Community
Individuals, private, small groups
Private users, small teams
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Advanced End Users
System Requirements WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
Any
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache
Not required (optional backends available)
None
All Java Servlet Container, included
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2 or later, Apache mod_rewrite, iconv
A common browser
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Java 1.8+
Mercurial
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Other
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Text Files with index in SQLite
Google Datastore
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
No
optional extensions available
File permissions
Internal and external with adapter
n/a
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
No
No
No
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Yes
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Development/Support WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
7039 ⭐
N/A
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Preview
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
No
Interface Languages
2
English, Russian
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
2
German, English
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
2
English, Italian
Email notification
No
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Threaded
No
No
Categories
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Links WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
No
No
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
Syntax Features WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
All
None
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
none
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
No
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Scripting
Plugin, JavaScript
JavaScript
None
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
JavaScript
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Usability WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Statistics WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Unknown
Output WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki Zim GWiki Hatta Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
@page "Another Wiki Page"
@page[Wiki Page] "Link to Wiki Page"
@page[Wiki Page]
[[Wiki Page or URL]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
@page[http://wikimatrix.org]
@page[http://wikimatrix.org] "It's a link to WikiMatrix"
[[http://wikimatrix.org]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[http://example.com]
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
@title Some Title
@subtitle Some Subtitle
@subsubtitle Some Subsubtitle
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=== Heading ===
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
*bold*
''bold''
**bold**
*Bold Format*
**bold**
*bold text*
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic//
//italic//
_Italic format_
//italic//
/italics text/
Underline Format
No
__underline__
__underline__
+Unterlined+
n/a
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
No
{{{monospaced}}}
``monospace``
{{Monospace}}
{{{verbatim}}}
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
No
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
-StrikeThrough-
n/a
Superscript Format
^superscript^
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
^Superscript^
n/a
Subscript Format
_subscript_
~~subscript~~
_{sub}
~Subscript~
n/a
Images
@img url
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{./image.png}}
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
No
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
not implemented
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
n/a
Text Indentation
No
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indent with tabs
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
n/a
Bulleted Lists
@listitem Red
Green
Blue
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* list
** sublist
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
No
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
n/a
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
No
; term
: description
not implemented
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
n/a
Horizontal Rule
No
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