TWiki vs. PmWiki vs. Zwiki vs. PodWiki

General Features TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
Version
TWiki-6.1.0
2.3.32
0.61
0.9.1
Last Release Date
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
2024-03-23 (5 days ago)
2008-10-27 (15 years ago)
2007-02-12 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
2024-03-24 (4 days ago)
2008-10-30 (15 years ago)
2007-02-13 (17 years ago)
Author
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL2+
GPLv2
GPL
Programming Language
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Python
Perl
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
N/A
0
0
GPL / none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
All
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
average to advanced users
System Requirements TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any
Unix
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Zope
apache
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
none
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
ZODB (zope object database)
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
builtin
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Optional
Patch
No
Development/Support TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Optional
No
Interface Languages
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Links TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Patch
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
DTML
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Optional
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Optional
Optional
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Output TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Optional
No
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
XML export
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Optional
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Extras TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TWiki PmWiki Zwiki PodWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
B<bold>
Italics Format
_italic_
''italic''
I<italics>
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
{+underlined+}
via html only
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
@@monospace@@
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
{-strikethrough-}
via html only
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
'^superscript^'
via html only
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
'_subscript_'
via html only
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
: term : definition
via html only
Horizontal Rule
---
----
---
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