TiddlyWiki
Reusable non-linear personal web notebook.
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Still maintained? Yes: 37 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v5.4.1 (Jul 2026).
Comparisons in Wikis: Confluence alternatives.
At a glance
TiddlyWiki quick facts
- Health score
- 86/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 8,697
- Last commit
- 12 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v5.4.1, Jul 2026
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "TiddlyWiki is a complete interactive wiki in JavaScript. It can be used as a single HTML file in the browser or as a powerful Node.js application. It is highly customisable: the entire user interface is itself implemented in hackable WikiText ."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
TiddlyWiki scores 86/100, #10 of 24 in Wikis: 37 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v5.4.1, 4 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 8,697 stars add 15.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
37 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v5.4.1 released 4 months ago
- Stars 15.8 / 20
8.7k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 37
- Last 90 days
- 406
- Last 12 months
- 12 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #10 of 24 tools in Wikis by health , between WikiDocs (#9) and Dokuwiki (#11) .
Details
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Platforms | Nodejs |
| Latest release | v5.4.1 · 4 months ago |
| Stars | 8,697 |
| Open issues | 954 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5 ↗ |
TiddlyWiki vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with TiddlyWiki (Wikis), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outline | 98 | 41k | BUSL-1.1 | today |
| Wiki.js | 98 | 29k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| docmost Community Edition | 97 | 22k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Otter Wiki | 93 | 1.6k | MIT | 5 days ago |
| TiddlyWiki (this tool) | 86 | 8.7k | BSD-3-Clause | 12 days ago |
| Feather Wiki | 44 | 96 | AGPL-3.0 | 3 months ago |
TiddlyWiki: common questions
Is TiddlyWiki still maintained?
TiddlyWiki had 37 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 12 days ago; the latest tagged release, v5.4.1, is from 4 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.