TiddlyWiki is 'n persoonlike wiki en 'n nie-lineêre notaboek om komplekse inligting te organiseer en te deel. Dit is 'n oopbron-enkelbladsy-toepassingswiki in die vorm van 'n enkele HTML-lêer wat CSS, JavaScript en die inhoud insluit. Dit is ontwerp om maklik aan te pas en te hervorm na gelang van toepassing. Dit fasiliteer hergebruik van inhoud deur dit in klein stukkies te verdeel wat Tiddlers genoem word.

TiddlyWiki is designed for customization and to be shaped according to users’ specific needs, perhaps comparable to a high-end programming language. As such, it can be shaped into a wide and arbitrary range of special applications. Examples include niche note taking applications, to-do lists, presentations, collections, authoring tools, personal databases, recipe collections, etc.

Although there are many TiddlyWiki documents on the Web, the majority of TiddlyWikis reside on personal computers or in the cloud, or are exchanged over email, in a manner similar to word processing documents and spreadsheets. As a single HTML file, or saved as an HTA file in Microsoft Windows (allowing corporate IE lockdown to be bypassed), TiddlyWiki can be useful in corporate environments where red tape or IT resources might prevent the use of a wiki that requires a more complicated installation.