SiYuan vs TiddlyWiki
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted apps from related categories
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare SiYuan with
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Compare TiddlyWiki with
choose an app… AppFlowy AFFiNE Docusaurus Memos Joplin Logseq Outline Trilium Notes Wiki.js Focalboard Notable MkDocs Docmost Obsidian BookStack Docs by Suite Numerique Notesnook Gollum Zettlr Quartz VNote MarkText Workspace Leantime Anytype Read the Docs Dendron QOwnNotes MediaWiki CherryTree MDwiki Trilium Notes Next Raneto zk MindForger WizNote Helpy Documize Community Gitit Zim Django Wiki Otter Wiki QuillPad Beavers Notes XWiki LeafWiki Kiwix Notesnook Sync Server Feather Wiki Daux.io Realms Wiki Antora Doctave phpMyFAQ Wikmd Mycorrhiza Wiki MoinMoin OutWiker Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Tiddloid MyTetra AmuseWiki WikidPad Pepperminty Wiki YesWiki Foswiki Oddmuse W WackoWiki PhpWiki PmWiki WiKiss
Feature SiYuan TiddlyWiki Category Notes & Knowledge Base Wikis & Documentation License AGPL-3.0 BSD-3-Clause Language TypeScript JavaScript Setup difficulty Medium Easy Min. RAM 512 MB 64 MB Deployment docker, binary, source binary, bare-metal, source GitHub stars ★ 45,670 ★ 8,622 First released 2020 2004 Replaces Notion, Evernote Notion, OneNote
Why pick each one
Choose SiYuan if… Powerful block-based model Works offline and self-hosted SiYuan details
Frequently asked questions Is SiYuan or TiddlyWiki better? Neither is universally better. SiYuan has the larger community, while TiddlyWiki is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are SiYuan and TiddlyWiki free and open-source? Yes. SiYuan is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and TiddlyWiki under BSD-3-Clause. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run SiYuan and TiddlyWiki with Docker? SiYuan: yes. TiddlyWiki: check the project docs for container support.