FAQ
It's a web site, at tiddlyhost.com, where you can easily create public or private TiddlyWikis with reliable saving. It's also the name of the web application that runs on that web site, and its source code.
There are many ways to set up TiddlyWiki so you can conveniently save, but in general the methods are inconvenient, complicated, or require installing additional software, which is sometimes buggy, unsupported, and not well documented. This leads to a bad user experience which can turn people away from TiddlyWiki. Also, because there are so many options, it's hard for potential new TiddlyWiki users to know where to start. Tiddlyhost aims to be a solution for these problems by providing a simple, reliable, easy to understand way to get started with TiddlyWiki.
Even if you do have the know-how and patience to get one of the many TiddlyWiki save methods working, you might still find some use for a simple, reliable, hosting service to create, access, and save your TiddlyWikis across multiple devices, and to share your creations via the Explore Page.
TiddlyWiki is the highly popular, personal, extensible and customizable wiki written in JavaScript. See tiddlywiki.com for more details.
Feather Wiki is a new TiddlyWiki-style wiki launched in May 2022. From the about page:
...like TiddlyWiki but with the smallest file size possible and a style more reminiscent of certain other popular wikis.
Feather Wiki is around one 40th the size of TiddlyWiki - 56 KB vs 2300 KB - and has an impressive feature list including Markdown and WYSIWYG editing. I think it has enormous potential, which is why I'm super happy about being able to support it on Tiddlyhost.
No. A Tiddlyhost TiddlyWiki is a standard TiddlyWiki. You will always be able to download it and do whatever you want with it.
Yes.
However, if the TiddlyWiki version is older than 5.2.0 there are some extra steps to make it work. (See the next FAQ for details.)
You can. See Using a 5.1.23 or earlier version of TiddlyWiki for details.
Create an issue in Github or send an email.
It's possible the signup confirmation email is being classified as spam and either rejected by your email server, or filtered into the spam folder by your email client. FYI the signup confirmation email will be send with a from address of tiddlyhost@gmail.com.
If you have spam filtering problems you really can't avoid, email me and I'll see what I can do to get you your confirmation code.
"Self-contained", internal core TiddlyWikis do not allow autosave to be set permanently, however "external core" TiddlyWikis do allow it. See the explanation here and this forum post.
See TiddlySpot Saver configuration.
(Note that for Tiddlyhost sites, you shouldn't need to worry about it since Tiddlyhost will set it for you automatically.)
Hosting Tiddlyhost costs money. Maintaining and supporting Tiddlyhost takes time and effort. For that reason I'd like to make Tiddlyhost a "freemium" service, with a free option, but also with some paid options. I'm working on this currently, so expect more details and a launch of some sort in 2023.
Update: There is now a subscription option for Tiddlyhost, see this announcement and the pricing details.
I'll do my best to answer questions, but you're going to need to have some experience with building and deploying web applications. My intention is to write some docs on how to do it, but it won't be soon. See also #23.
If you just want to run Tiddlyhost on your laptop or local workstation, then following the steps in the README.md should get you there.
Maybe. Mostly. Yes, though very old TiddlyWikis with the older "storeArea" format won't work. See also #83.
No. Maybe. Yes, it's back. See details here.
Tiddlyhost users can "claim" a Tiddlyspot site if they know the password. Once you claim a site you will have the ability to:
- See it in your site list
- Set it to public or private
- Change the password
- List it in the Tiddlyspot Hub
- Add tags and a description
- Delete it
- Redirect its traffic to one of your Tiddlyhost sites
See here for details.
You can. See here for an example.
You can. See more details at Saving to a Tiddlyhost site with a command line script.
You can donate via Paypal, Github Sponsors or Buy Me a Coffee. See the details here.
You can also support Tiddlyhost by paying for a Tiddlyhost subscription, which will also unlock some functionality not available in the free version of Tiddlyhost.
- Delete old sites if you're not using them since it helps reduce storage requirements.
- Don't embed large media files in your site since it creates very large TiddlyWiki files that cause problems for Tiddlyhost.
- Report bugs or suggest ideas. (See above for how to do it.)
- Review the issue list and contribute to discussions there.
- Follow the Tiddlyspot Blog.
- Follow Tiddlyhost on Twitter.
- Join the TiddlyWiki 5 Discourse or the TiddlyWiki Google Group/Mailing List and participate in Tiddlyhost related discussions there.
- Tell your friends about Tiddlyhost.
- Email me some feedback.