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Feature Comparison
| General Features | TWiki  | Confluence | Socialtext |
|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
 TWiki 4.3.2 |
3.1 |
does not apply |
| Last Release Date |
2009-09-02 |
8 December 2009 |
does not apply |
| Author |
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community |
Atlassian |
Socialtext |
| URL |
twiki.org and www.twiki.net |
www.atlassian.com |
www.socialtext.com |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
 No |
does not apply |
| License |
GPL |
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use |
does not apply |
| Programming Language |
Perl |
Java |
does not apply |
| Data Storage |
Files, RCS |
Database |
does not apply |
| License Cost/ Fee |
community release $0; fee for subscriptions for support or hosting |
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis) |
www.socialtext.com |
| Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
does not apply |
| Intended Audience |
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses |
Enterprise |
Businesses, individuals & developers |
| Hosting Features | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| Storage Quota |
does not apply | 10 to 100GB+ |
Starts at 1GB & scales to unlimited storage |
| Bandwidth Quota |
does not apply | 100GB/month |
Unlimited |
| Other Limits |
does not apply | No |
Unlimited wiki workspaces & pages |
| Topic Restrictions |
does not apply | No |
None |
| Corporate Branding |
does not apply | Yes |
Yes |
| Own Domain |
does not apply |  Optional |
Yes |
| Ads allowed |
does not apply | Yes |
No |
| System Requirements | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other |
Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix variants |
does not apply |
| Root Access |
No |
No |
does not apply |
| Webserver |
Almost any webserver, typically Apache 1.3/2.0 |
Tomcat, Resin, Weblogic, JBoss, Websphere |
does not apply |
| Other Requirements |
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies |
Java 5 |
does not apply |
| Datastorage | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| Text Files |
Yes |
No |
does not apply |
| MySQL |
No |
Yes |
does not apply |
| PostgreSQL |
No |
Yes |
does not apply |
| Oracle |
No |
Yes |
does not apply |
| SQLite |
No |
No |
does not apply |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
No |
does not apply |
| RCS |
Yes |
No |
does not apply |
| Other |
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage |
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase ASE |
does not apply |
| Security/Anti-Spam | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| Page Permissions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Authentication Backends |
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos |
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more |
does not apply |
| Host Blocking |
 Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Mail Encryption |
Yes |
Optional |
Optional |
| nofollow |
Plugin |
Optional |
Optional |
| Blacklist |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
| Delayed Indexing |
Plugin |
No |
Optional |
| Development/Support | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| Commercial Support |
Yes, 34 listed |
Yes, 26 listed |
Yes, 7 listed |
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes |
Yes |
does not apply |
| Code Repository |
twiki.org |
Source included with commercial license |
does not apply |
| Issue Tracker |
twiki.org |
jira.atlassian.com |
www.socialtext.net |
| Mailing List |
twiki.org |
www.atlassian.com |
www.socialtext.net |
| Support Forum |
twiki.org |
forums.atlassian.com |
www.socialtext.net |
| IRC Channel |
twiki.org |
Jabber MUC at chat.atlassian.com |
#socialtext |
| Common Features | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| Preview |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Minor Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| 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 | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
No |
No |
Optional |
| Interface Languages |
19 languages Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
15 languages Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
|
| Email notification |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comments |
Threaded |
Threaded |
Flat |
| Categories |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Redirection |
Yes |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Detection |
| Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
| Wiki Farming |
Optional |
Yes |
does not apply |
| Structured Data |
Yes |
Plugin |
|
| Links | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| CamelCase |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Plugin |
Optional |
Yes |
| SisterWiki |
Plugin |
No |
Optional |
| Image Links |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Redirects |
Plugin |
Plugin |
|
| Syntax Features | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| HTML Tags |
All |
Optional |
All |
| Math formulas |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Tables |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
| CREOLE support |
No |
No |
Optional |
| Markdown Support |
No |
No |
Optional |
| Textile Support |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
| BBCode Support |
No |
No |
Optional |
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
| Footnotes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Quoting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Internal Comments |
Yes |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Custom styles |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| FAQ Tags |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Scripting |
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API |
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more |
Javascript |
| Content Includes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Usability | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| Section Editing |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Page Templates |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Toolbar |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Access Keys |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auto Signature |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Statistics | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| Recent Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Orphaned Pages |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Recent Visitors |
No |
Optional |
Yes |
| Analysis |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Output | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| HTML |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
HTML 4 |
HTML 4 |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View |
Print CSS |
Print View |
| Mobile Friendly |
Plugin |
Plugin |
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Abbreviations |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Auto-TOC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Raw Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| HTML Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| XML export |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| PDF Export |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Media and Files | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| File Attachments |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Media Revisions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Embedded Flash |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Embedded Video |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image Editing |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Optional |
| SVG Editing |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Optional |
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Media Search |
Contents |
Contents |
Contents |
| Extras | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| Calendar |
Plugin |
Plugin |
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin |
Yes |
|
| Forums |
Plugin |
Plugin |
|
| Blogs |
Plugin |
Yes |
|
| Ticket System |
Plugin |
No |
|
| Syntax Examples | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| Internal Link |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
[Page Title] [Link Title|Page Title#anchor] [~username] [^attachment.doc] |
[link] |
| External Link |
http://twiki.org/ autolink [[http://twiki.org/][label]] |
[http://www.example.com] [Link Title|http://www.example.com] [Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki] |
http://www.example.com |
| Headlines |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
h1. Top Level Heading h2. Smaller Heading h6. Smallest Heading |
^ Headline |
| Bold Format |
*bold* |
*bold* |
*bold* |
| Italics Format |
_italic_ |
_italics_ |
_italics_ |
| Underline Format |
<u>underline</u> |
+underline+ |
|
| Monospace Format |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
{{monospace}} |
.pre monospace .pre |
| Strikethrough Format |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
-strikethrough- |
--strikethrough-- |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
^superscript^ |
|
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
~subscript~ |
|
| Images |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png http://any.domain/image.png |
!attached-image.jpg! !Other Page^attached-image.jpg|thumbnail! !http://example.com/external-image.jpg! |
http://www.example.com/path/to/image.jpg |
| Aligning Text |
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
{html}<div align="right">{html} |
|
| Text Indentation |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
|
> indented |
| 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 | 2009-09-03 | 2009-12-09 | 2009-07-15 |
