WikiMatrix

Feature Comparison

General FeaturesPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
Version does not applydoes not applyTWiki 4.3.2 does not applydoes not apply
Last Release Date does not applydoes not apply2009-09-02 does not applydoes not apply
Author PBworks Socialtext Peter Thoeny, TWiki community Wetpaint.com Wikia, Inc.
URL pbworks.com www.socialtext.com twiki.org and www.twiki.net www.wetpaint.com www.wikia.com
Free and Open Source does not applydoes not apply Yes does not applydoes not apply
License does not applydoes not applyGPL does not applydoes not apply
Programming Language does not applydoes not applyPerl does not applydoes not apply
Data Storage does not applydoes not applyFiles, RCS does not applydoes not apply
License Cost/ Fee $20/user/month www.socialtext.com community release $0; fee for subscriptions for support or hosting Free; Premium; Ad-free for Education $0
Development status does not applydoes not applyMature does not applydoes not apply
Intended Audience Businesses Businesses, individuals & developers Large enterprise; small to medium businesses All users All users
Hosting FeaturesPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
Storage Quota No limit Starts at 1GB & scales to unlimited storage does not applyUnlimited unlimited
Bandwidth Quota No limit Unlimited does not applyUnlimited unlimited
Other Limits None Unlimited wiki workspaces & pages does not apply  none
Topic Restrictions None None does not applyNo restrictions hate speech, personal attacks, we believe in kindness
Corporate Branding Yes Yes does not apply Yes Yes
Own Domain Yes Yes does not apply Yes Optional
Ads allowed Yes No does not apply No Yes
System RequirementsPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
Operating System does not applydoes not applyLinux, Windows, OS-X and other does not applydoes not apply
Root Access does not applydoes not apply No does not applydoes not apply
Webserver does not applydoes not applyAlmost any webserver, typically Apache 1.3/2.0 does not applydoes not apply
Other Requirements does not applydoes not applyRCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies does not applydoes not apply
DatastoragePBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
Text Files does not applydoes not apply Yes does not applydoes not apply
MySQL does not applydoes not apply No does not applydoes not apply
PostgreSQL does not applydoes not apply No does not applydoes not apply
Oracle does not applydoes not apply No does not applydoes not apply
SQLite does not applydoes not apply No does not applydoes not apply
BerkeleyDB does not applydoes not apply No does not applydoes not apply
RCS does not applydoes not apply Yes does not applydoes not apply
Other does not applydoes not applyRcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage does not applydoes not apply
Security/Anti-SpamPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
Page Permissions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ACL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Authentication Backends does not applydoes not applyInternal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos does not applydoes not apply
Host Blocking Optional Yes Plugin Yes Yes
Mail Encryption No Optional Yes   Yes
nofollow No Optional Plugin Yes Optional
Blacklist Optional Yes Plugin   Yes
CAPTCHA No Optional Plugin Yes Optional
Delayed Indexing No Optional Plugin No Optional
Development/SupportPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
Commercial Support Yes, 2 listed Yes, 7 listed Yes, 34 listed No Yes, 1 listed
Preconfigured Hosting does not applydoes not apply Yes does not applydoes not apply
Code Repository does not applydoes not applytwiki.org does not applydoes not apply
Issue Tracker   www.socialtext.net twiki.org www.wetpaintcentral.com bugs.wikia.com
Mailing List   www.socialtext.net twiki.org   www.wikia.com
Support Forum getsatisfaction.com www.socialtext.net twiki.org www.wetpaintcentral.com www.wikia.com
IRC Channel   #socialtext twiki.org   #wikia on freenode
Common FeaturesPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
Preview Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Minor Changes No Optional Yes Yes Yes
Change Summary Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Page History Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Page Revisions Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Revision Diffs Between all Between all Between all Between all Between all
Page Index Yes Yes Yes   Yes
Plugin System Yes   Yes Yes  
Special FeaturesPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
Unicode Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Right-to-Left Support Yes Optional No No Yes
Interface Languages Not localized   19 languages
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Not localized  
Email notification Yes Yes Yes Yes Optional
Comments Flat Flat Threaded Threaded Discussion Pages
Categories Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Namespaces No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Page Redirection Plugin Optional Yes Yes Yes
Conflict Handling Page Locking Conflict Detection Conflict Resolution Conflict Resolution Conflict Resolution
Search Full Text Full Text Full Text Full Text Full Text
Wiki Farming does not applydoes not apply Optional does not applydoes not apply
Structured Data Plugin   Yes    
LinksPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
CamelCase Yes Optional Yes No Optional
Freelinks Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Backlinks No Yes Yes Yes Yes
InterWiki No Yes Plugin Yes Yes
SisterWiki No Optional Plugin No Optional
Image Links Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows Shares Optional Yes Plugin   No
Page Redirects     Plugin Yes  
Syntax FeaturesPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
HTML Tags All All All None Some
Math formulas Yes Optional Plugin   Yes
Tables simple + complex simple + complex simple + complex simple + complex simple + complex
CREOLE support No Optional No No Optional
Markdown Support No Optional No No Optional
Textile Support No Optional Plugin No Optional
BBCode Support No Optional No No Optional
Emoticon Images Yes Optional Plugin Yes Optional
Syntax Highlighting No Optional Plugin No Optional
Footnotes No Optional Plugin   Yes
Quoting Yes Yes Yes   Yes
Internal Comments No Optional Yes No Yes
Custom styles Yes Optional Yes No Yes
FAQ Tags Yes Optional Yes   Yes
Scripting Javascript Javascript TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API    
Content Includes Plugin Yes Yes   Yes
Feed Aggregation No Yes Plugin Yes  
UsabilityPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
Section Editing No Optional Plugin No Yes
Page Templates Yes   Yes Yes  
Double-Click Edit No Yes Plugin Yes Yes
Toolbar Yes Yes Plugin Yes Yes
WYSIWYG Editing Yes Yes Yes Yes  
Access Keys Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Auto Signature No Yes Yes No  
StatisticsPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
Recent Changes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wanted Pages Optional Yes No Yes Yes
Orphaned Pages No Yes Plugin Yes Yes
Most/Least Popular Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Recent Visitors Yes Yes No No No
Analysis Optional Optional Yes Plugin Yes
OutputPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
HTML HTML 4 HTML 4 XHTML 1.0 Transitional   XHTML 1.0 Transitional
CSS Stylesheets Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Printer Friendly Print CSS Print View Print View Print View Print CSS
Mobile Friendly Yes   Plugin    
Themes & Skins Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RSS Feeds Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ATOM Feeds Yes Yes Yes   Yes
Abbreviations No Yes Plugin   Yes
Auto-TOC Yes Yes Yes   Yes
Raw Export Yes Yes Yes   Yes
HTML Export Yes Yes Yes No Yes
XML export No Yes Plugin   Yes
PDF Export Yes Yes Plugin No Optional
Media and FilesPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
File Attachments Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Media Revisions Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Embedded Flash Yes Yes Plugin Yes  
Embedded Video Yes Yes Plugin Yes Yes
Image Editing No Optional Plugin No  
SVG Editing No Optional Plugin No  
MindMap Editing No Optional Plugin No  
Media Search No Contents Contents Keywords Keywords
ExtrasPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
Calendar Plugin   Plugin Plugin  
Image Galleries No   Plugin Yes  
Forums No   Plugin Yes  
Blogs No   Plugin    
Ticket System No   Plugin    
Syntax ExamplesPBwiki DetailsSocialtext DetailsTWiki DetailsWetpaint DetailsWikia Details
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[link]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
WYSIWYG linking
Wetpaint auto suggests internal pages to link.
 
External Link
[http://www.externallink.com]
http://www.example.com
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
WYSIWYG external linking
 
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
^ Headline
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
WYSIWYG
 
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold*
*bold*
WYSIWYG
 
Italics Format
''italics''
_italics_
_italic_
WYSIWYG
 
Underline Format
__underline__
 
<u>underline</u>
WYSIWYG
 
Monospace Format
<code>monospace</code>
.pre
monospace
.pre
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
   
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
   
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
<sup>superscript</sup>
   
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
<sub>subscript</sub>
   
Images
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
http://www.example.com/path/to/image.jpg
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
WYSIWYG Upload, Alignment, and Resizing
 
Aligning Text
<left>, <center>, <right>
 
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
WYSIWYG Left, Right, Center
 
Text Indentation
 Indented block
> indented
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
WYSIWYG indentation
 
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* bullet item
** bulletted subitem
   * Item 1
      * Item 1.1
   * Item 2
WYSIWYG Bulleted Lists
 
Numbered Lists
# Number #1
# Number #2
# numbered item
## numbered subitem
   1. Item 1
      a. Item 1.a
   1. Item 2
WYSIWYG Numbered Lists
 
Definition Lists
<dl>
</dl>
Term
> definition
   $ Term: Definition
   
Horizontal Rule
---
 
---
   
Last updated2010-02-072009-07-152009-09-032008-10-282006-12-04