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| General Features | Confluence  | Socialtext | TWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
 3.0 |
does not apply | TWiki 4.3.1 |
| Last Release Date |
1 June 2009 |
does not apply | 2009-04-29 |
| Author |
Atlassian |
Socialtext |
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community |
| URL |
www.atlassian.com |
www.socialtext.com |
twiki.org and www.twiki.net |
| Free and Open Source |
 No |
does not apply |  Yes |
| License |
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use |
does not apply | GPL |
| Programming Language |
Java |
does not apply | Perl |
| Data Storage |
Database |
does not apply | Files, RCS |
| License Cost/ Fee |
from US $800 installed (unlimited wikis) or US $49/month hosted |
www.socialtext.com |
community release $0; fee for subscriptions for support or hosting |
| Development status |
Mature |
does not apply | Mature |
| Intended Audience |
Enterprise |
Businesses, individuals & developers |
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses |
| Hosting Features | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| Storage Quota |
10 to 100GB+ |
Starts at 1GB & scales to unlimited storage |
does not apply |
| Bandwidth Quota |
100GB/month |
Unlimited |
does not apply |
| Other Limits |
No |
Unlimited wiki workspaces & pages |
does not apply |
| Topic Restrictions |
No |
None |
does not apply |
| Corporate Branding |
Yes |
Yes |
does not apply |
| Own Domain |
 Optional |
Yes |
does not apply |
| Ads allowed |
Yes |
No |
does not apply |
| System Requirements | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| Operating System |
Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix variants |
does not apply | Linux, Windows, OS-X and other |
| Root Access |
No |
does not apply | No |
| Webserver |
Tomcat, Resin, Weblogic, JBoss, Orion, Websphere |
does not apply | Almost any webserver, typically Apache 1.3/2.0 |
| Other Requirements |
Java 5 |
does not apply | RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies |
| Datastorage | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| Text Files |
No |
does not apply | Yes |
| MySQL |
Yes |
does not apply | No |
| PostgreSQL |
Yes |
does not apply | No |
| Oracle |
Yes |
does not apply | No |
| SQLite |
No |
does not apply | No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
does not apply | No |
| RCS |
No |
does not apply | Yes |
| Other |
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase ASE |
does not apply | RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage |
| Security/Anti-Spam | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more |
does not apply | Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos |
| Host Blocking |
No |
Yes |
 Plugin |
| Mail Encryption |
Optional |
Optional |
Yes |
| nofollow |
Optional |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Blacklist |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Delayed Indexing |
No |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Development/Support | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| Commercial Support |
Yes, 22 listed |
Yes, 5 listed |
Yes, 30 listed |
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes |
does not apply | Yes |
| Code Repository |
Source included with commercial license |
does not apply | twiki.org |
| Issue Tracker |
jira.atlassian.com |
www.socialtext.net |
twiki.org |
| Mailing List |
www.atlassian.com |
www.socialtext.net |
twiki.org |
| Support Forum |
forums.atlassian.com |
www.socialtext.net |
twiki.org |
| IRC Channel |
Jabber MUC at chat.atlassian.com |
#socialtext |
twiki.org |
| Common Features | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| Preview |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Minor Changes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Change Summary |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page History |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Revision Diffs |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
| Page Index |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
|
Yes |
| Special Features | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
No |
Optional |
No |
| Interface Languages |
15 languages Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
|
19 languages Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comments |
Threaded |
Flat |
Threaded |
| Categories |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Redirection |
Plugin |
Optional |
Yes |
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Detection |
Conflict Resolution |
| Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
| Wiki Farming |
Yes |
does not apply | Optional |
| Structured Data |
Plugin |
|
Yes |
| Links | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Optional |
Yes |
Plugin |
| SisterWiki |
No |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Image Links |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Page Redirects |
Plugin |
|
Plugin |
| Syntax Features | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Plugin |
All |
All |
| Math formulas |
Plugin |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Tables |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
| CREOLE support |
No |
Optional |
No |
| Markdown Support |
No |
Optional |
No |
| Textile Support |
Yes |
Optional |
Plugin |
| BBCode Support |
No |
Optional |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
Yes |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Footnotes |
Plugin |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Quoting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Internal Comments |
Plugin |
Optional |
Yes |
| Custom styles |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| FAQ Tags |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Scripting |
Macros, plugins, JavaScript and more |
Javascript |
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API |
| Content Includes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Usability | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| Section Editing |
Plugin |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Page Templates |
Yes |
|
Yes |
| Double-Click Edit |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Access Keys |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auto Signature |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Statistics | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Recent Visitors |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
| Analysis |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Output | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| HTML |
HTML 4 |
HTML 4 |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS |
Print View |
Print View |
| Mobile Friendly |
Plugin |
|
Plugin |
| Themes & Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Abbreviations |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Auto-TOC |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Raw Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| HTML Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| XML export |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| PDF Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Media and Files | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Media Revisions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Embedded Flash |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Embedded Video |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Image Editing |
No |
Optional |
Plugin |
| SVG Editing |
Plugin |
Optional |
Plugin |
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Media Search |
Contents |
Contents |
Contents |
| Extras | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin |
|
Plugin |
| Image Galleries |
Yes |
|
Plugin |
| Forums |
Plugin |
|
Plugin |
| Blogs |
Yes |
|
Plugin |
| Ticket System |
No |
|
Plugin |
| Syntax Examples | Confluence | Socialtext | TWiki |
| Internal Link |
[Page Title] [Link Title|Page Title#anchor] [~username] [^attachment.doc] |
[link] |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
| External Link |
[http://www.example.com] [Link Title|http://www.example.com] [Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki] |
http://www.example.com |
http://twiki.org/ autolink [[http://twiki.org/][label]] |
| Headlines |
h1. Top Level Heading h2. Smaller Heading h6. Smallest Heading |
^ Headline |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
| Bold Format |
*bold* |
*bold* |
*bold* |
| Italics Format |
_italics_ |
_italics_ |
_italic_ |
| Underline Format |
+underline+ |
|
<u>underline</u> |
| Monospace Format |
{{monospace}} |
.pre monospace .pre |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
| Strikethrough Format |
-strikethrough- |
--strikethrough-- |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
| Superscript Format |
^superscript^ |
|
<sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
~subscript~ |
|
<sub>subscript</sub> |
| Images |
!attached-image.jpg! !Other Page^attached-image.jpg|thumbnail! !http://example.com/external-image.jpg! |
http://www.example.com/path/to/image.jpg |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png http://any.domain/image.png |
| Aligning Text |
{html}<div align="right">{html} |
|
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
| Text Indentation |
|
> indented |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
| Bulleted Lists |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
* bullet item ** bulletted subitem |
|
| Numbered Lists |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
# numbered item ## numbered subitem |
|
| Definition Lists |
|
Term > definition |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
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| Last updated | 2009-06-06 | 2008-10-24 | 2009-04-30 |
