| General Features | TWiki  | Confluence | Socialtext |
 Version |
 TWiki 4.2.0 |
2.7 |
does not apply |
| Last Release Date |
2008-01-22 |
3 Jan 2008 |
does not apply |
| Author |
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community |
Atlassian Software Systems |
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 |
0 |
from US $1200 installed (unlimited wikis) or US $49/month hosted |
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 | |
Starts at 1GB & scales to unlimited storage |
| Bandwidth Quota |
does not apply | |
Unlimited |
| Other Limits |
does not apply | |
Unlimited wiki workspaces & pages |
| Topic Restrictions |
does not apply | |
None |
| Corporate Branding |
does not apply | |
Yes |
| Own Domain |
does not apply | |
Yes |
| Ads allowed |
does not apply | |
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, Orion, Websphere |
does not apply |
| Other Requirements |
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies |
JDK 1.4+ |
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, 18 listed |
Yes, 9 listed |
No |
| 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 |
14 |
English + 10 others |
see socialtext.net |
| 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 |
| Links | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| CamelCase |
Yes |
No |
Optional |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Plugin |
Optional |
Yes |
| SisterWiki |
Plugin |
No |
Optional |
| Image Links |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syntax Features | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| HTML Tags |
All |
Plugin |
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 |
No |
Optional |
| Quoting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Internal Comments |
Yes |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Custom styles |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| FAQ Tags |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Scripting |
JavaScript; TWiki variables; powerful API |
Macros, plugins, JavaScript and more |
Javascript |
| Content Includes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Usability | TWiki | Confluence | Socialtext |
| Section Editing |
Plugin |
No |
Optional |
| Double-Click Edit |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
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 |
No |
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 |
| Themes & Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS Feeds |
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Podcatchers
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