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TiddlyWiki

TiddlyWiki is a wiki-modeled client-side single-page application written by Jeremy Ruston that is designed to be used as a personal notebook. It is a single self-contained HTML file that includes CSS and JavaScript code. When the user downloads it to their PC, TiddlyWiki can save the entered information by overwriting itself on the user's disk, at the user's request. Following TiddlyWiki conventions, users can make a new entry, called a tiddler, in their local copy of the TiddlyWiki file and save it for future reference. Existing tiddlers can also be modified or deleted in the same way. Because it runs under most browsers and requires no installation, it can be easily used as a portable personal wiki.

TiddlyWiki is published by UnaMesa under a BSD open source license and is thus freely available. Developer Jeremy Ruston describes it as experimental, and in that spirit many people have used the original HTML file to create TiddlyWiki Adaptations. These fall under two general categories: those that retain the client-side write only feature, and those that add server-side file writing to make TiddlyWiki more like a traditional wiki. Links to both these kinds of Adaptations are put in the original TiddlyWiki file as they become known. TiddlyWiki Adaptations typically add features that were not originally envisioned by Ruston, and some of these features have been included in newer versions of TiddlyWiki.

A feature that sets TiddlyWiki apart from a standard wiki implementation is its content presentation. Jeremy Ruston had this to say about it:

A TiddlyWiki is like a blog because it's divided up into neat little chunks (tiddlers), but it encourages you to read it by hyperlinking rather than sequentially: if you like, a non-linear blog analogue that binds the individual microcontent items into a cohesive whole. I think that TiddlyWiki represents a novel medium for writing, and will promote its own distinctive writing style.

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Plug-ins
Adaptations
Additional Information
Online Communities

External links

TiddlyWiki distribution by Jeremy Ruston
www.tiddlywiki.org, the wiki on TiddlyWiki
trac.tiddlywiki.org, TiddlyWiki infrastructure used for development:
TW Help TiddlyWiki help file for beginners An excellent quick reference guide to all TiddlyWiki formatting and construction.
''Why Wiki? A Glimpse into our Post-Document Future'' - a presentation by Jeremy Ruston on Google Video
www.tiddlytools.com, small tool for big ideas!

Plug-ins

MonkeyGTD - uses MPTW and other plugins for automatic GTD list generation and "dashboard" type project summaries
d3 ("d cubed") - includes plugins for automatic GTD list generation
GTD TiddlyWiki Plus - includes Clint Checketts' GTD style applied
MonkeyPirateTiddlyWiki (MPTW) - includes plugins for TagglyWiki style tagging and a style switcher
TiddlyTools - many essential plugins created by Eric Shulman including ImportTiddlers, NestedSliders, SinglePageMode
abegoExtensions - many essential plugins created by Udo Borkowski including ForEachTiddler, YourSearchPlugin
Lewcid TW - a repository of extensions for TiddlyWiki
BidiXTW - home of UploadPlugin which allows you to save to a remote server with a simple php script.
TiddlyThemes - lots of themes for TiddlyWiki.

Adaptations

Tiddlyspot - An online service that allows the personal use of TiddlyWiki with support for offline and online access, synchronization, and privacy options.
Tiddly Backpack - An adaptation based on 37Signals BackPack.
ASciencePad - A TiddlyMath adaptation that supports WYSIWYG editing with the HTMLArea tool.
Buzm - A peer-to-peer desktop app that integrates and extends TiddlyWiki
ChristianHauck's
PhpTiddlyWiki - The first server-side adaptation using PHP and MySQL
MiniTiddlyServer - A server-side for all TiddlyWikis that does not adapt or change them
Wiki on a Stick - Open source personal wiki. It is self-contained single wiki file (JavaScript, DHTML), currently works on Firefox, IE and Opera (read-only in this last).
StickyWiki - a combination of stickies and a wiki
Minimal TiddlyWiki
GTD TiddlyWiki - popular adaptation; implements Getting Things Done in TiddlyWiki
HailiWiki - TiddlyWiki clone
Henrik Aasted Sorensen - PHP server-side adaptation
LesserWiki - adaptation that uses Ajax to speed things up
MagyarTiddlyWiki - adaptation in Hungarian
TiddlyMath allow mathematical expression and plotting.
QwikiWeb - website-oriented adaptation (no longer being developed)
TagglyWiki - improved tagging features (link no longer broken)
TiddlyDesktop - desktop-style implementation with movable tiddlers
TiddlyWikiCSS
TiddlyWikiRemote - server-side adaptation (link broken)
TidliPo - adaptation in French
TonyLownds's (link broken - no description)
YATWA (Yet Another TiddlyWiki Adaptation) - TiddlyWiki with builtin plugins
WIKIMOBILE - a tiddlywiki on a mobile.
ZiddlyWiki - server-side adaptation with Zope backend.
ccTiddly server-side adaption
Umibozu Photo album generator based on TiddlyWiki
WikklyText Not strictly an adaptation, but a TiddlyWiki-compatible wikitext engine written in Python. Can be used as a Drupal plugin, for creating standalone (static) XML/HTML files, and for converting TiddlyWikis to a set of XML/HTML files.

The TiddlyWiki community of developers is so prodigious that keeping these lists up to date may be quite difficult.

Coral - A server-side Java implementation.

Additional Information

TW Help TiddlyWiki help file for beginners An excellent quick reference guide to all TiddlyWiki formatting and construction.
TiddlyWiki for the rest of us An entry-level tutorial written in non-programming language
TiddlyWiki in Action A showcase / index of how TiddlyWikis are being used around the world.
TiddlyWiki Tips TiddlyWiki Tips Resource
TiddlyWiki Tips Denis M�line's original Tips site for TiddlyWiki
TiddlyWikiHandbuch a "manual" in German language