ikiwiki vs TiddlyWiki
ikiwiki
ikiwiki.infoTiddlyWiki
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| Figure | ikiwiki | TiddlyWiki |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Wiki Software | 8.5 (#8) | 8.5 (#10) |
| Spec score · Knowledge base software | 8.0 (#82) | 8.3 (#54) |
| Customization | Templates, CSS, and themes can be used to change the appearance and layout of generated pages. | The user interface is implemented in hackable WikiText, and the software is highly customisable. |
| Purpose | ikiwiki converts wiki pages into HTML pages for publishing on a website. | TiddlyWiki is a non-linear personal web notebook and interactive wiki. |
| Search | Full-text search can be added using the Xapian search engine. | TiddlyWiki provides fast, flexible search across tiddlers, with advanced options for filtering system and shadow tiddlers. |
| Support | The project provides a forum, bug tracker, TODO list, and discussion pages, and says developers monitor RecentChanges and respond in a timely fashion. | Talk TiddlyWiki is the official forum for help, release and plugin announcements, feature discussions and user experiences. |
| What it does | ikiwiki is a wiki compiler that turns wiki pages into HTML pages for publishing on a website. | TiddlyWiki is a non-linear notebook for capturing, organising and sharing complex information, including notes, to-do lists, projects and websites. |
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In their own words
ikiwiki
ikiwiki is free, open-source software that compiles wiki pages into HTML for publication as a website. It builds a static site and regenerates pages when their source changes. Page history can be kept in Git, Subversion, or another revision-control setup, although a revision system is optional. Markdown is the default markup, while plugins can add WikiText, HTML, reStructuredText, and Textile. Any page can function as a blog and produce RSS or Atom feeds. Plugins provide much of the system, including markup, directives, revision-control backends, and CGI capabilities. Templates, CSS, and themes control generated appearance. Optional web editing supports registration, several authentication methods, and configurable edit permissions. Xapian can add full-text search. Packages are listed for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, BSD, openSUSE, Arch, Homebrew, and Guix. ikiwiki supports Linux, macOS, self-hosting, and web use, with custom domains, SSO, and version history listed.
TiddlyWiki
TiddlyWiki is a free, non-linear notebook and interactive wiki for organizing and sharing notes, to-do lists, projects, and websites. It stores information in small units called tiddlers, which can be linked and grouped with tags, lists, and macros. Search spans tiddlers and supports filtering system and shadow tiddlers. In its single-file form, the data and code are held in one HTML file that runs in a browser without installation or external dependencies. Users can import material from files or other TiddlyWiki windows, and extend a wiki with plugins, themes, colour palettes, widgets, and macros. It can also run as a Node.js application; that setup offers more capability but takes more technical knowledge to set up and maintain. Saving choices vary, including storage and sync options such as Google Drive, iCloud, Dropbox, and Syncthing. The built-in encryption for single-file wikis has not undergone rigorous third-party testing. TiddlyWiki is available across web, mobile, desktop, and self-hosted setups.