As of version 1.5.0, Feather Wiki has 2 primary builds—Warbler for use on a web server and Wren for everyone else—and both builds have an alternative less-minified option specifically to allow a small number of web browsers to run Feather Wiki without issues.

Wren

Dan Pancamo, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Wren is the "standard" version of Feather Wiki coming in at about 54.5 kilobytes and containing both a what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) page editor and a Markdown editor with a toggle switch.

If your browser of choice can't load the file, try the ruffled version, which includes less minification but may work with your ECMA 2015-compatible browser.

Warbler

Donna Dewhurst - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Warbler is a version of Feather Wiki that includes the ability to save to compatible servers. It is otherwise identical to to Wren. The added server capabilities only add 1 kilobyte to the file.

If your browser of choice can't load the file, try the ruffled version, which includes less minification but may work with your ECMA 2015-compatible browser.

Feather Wiki has a few different builds with different functionality depending on what you're looking for, each with its own cute bird name to indicate its file size.

All builds of Feather Wiki 1.3.1 and up are built to run on browsers that support ECMAScript 2015 (also known as "ES6"). The differences between each build comes in the form of your choice of content editor. This page will explain all of the differences between each version.

Before we begin, it is worth noting that all content you create in any version can be transferred to any other version using the [[Import & Overwrite button|upgrading]] in the Wiki Settings!

Dove

Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Dove is the "standard" version of Feather Wiki coming in at about 66 kilobytes and containing both the what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) page editor and a Markdown editor with a toggle switch.

Finch

© Francis C. Franklin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Finch is smaller than Dove because it only includes the WYSIWYG page editor and not the Markdown one.

Chickadee

No machine-readable author provided. Mdf assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Chickadee is tiny because it only includes the Markdown editor.

Server Builds

Server builds are available, but they are generally not promoted because documentation has not been written for them. You can download them from the Releases page in the Feather Wiki code repository, but they are currently only used on Tiddlyhost.

The main difference they offer is that the server builds check the URL they are served from for a `webdav` HTTP header, and if it exists, it will display a "Save to Server" button that will pass the saved wiki to the server for processing. If you don't have code on the server to process saving the wiki, this will do nothing for you.

Anyway, more documentation on how to use this (and hopefully a Feather Wiki server) will be added to this site eventually! If you're impatient, please feel free to explore the Feather Wiki source code to get your server set up—if you get something working that could be used by others, we'd love to feature it in the [[Gallery]]!

Legacy Builds

The following builds were introduced in version 1.2.0, but it didn't make a lot of sense to keep them around for version 1.3.0 because the size difference wasn't really that remarkable, and the fact that only the newest possible browsers could run them made them a bit less useful.

But the builds will remain here in their unchanged and flawed 1.2.1 versions for nostalgia's sake.

Robin

Robin is like Dove, but a little bit smaller and a little bit less friendly. It has both the WYSIWYG page editor and the Markdown editor, but it only runs on new browsers that support JavaScript features as new as ECMAScript 2020. This is the best choice if you want to switch between editors and plan to use Feather Wiki on newer browsers for wikis you don't plan to share.

en:User:Mdf, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sparrow

Sparrow is smaller than Finch with the same editor, but it's less friendly. As with Robin, only browsers that support JavaScript features as new as ECMAScript 2020 will be able to run Sparrow, but if you only want the WYSIWYG editor and don't plan to share your wiki, then this is your option!

Adamo, CC BY 2.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons

Hummingbird

Hummingbird is the smallest it gets at just 57 kilobytes! Hummingbird only includes the Markdown editor, and as with Robin and Sparrow, it will only run on browsers that support the ECMAScript 2020 features linked above. If you're using a modern browser, don't need to share your wiki, and like writing with Markdown, then this is your best option!

Robert McMorran, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons