| General Features | BookStack | TWiki |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
v21.12.1
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TWiki-6.1.0
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| Last Release Date |
2022-01-06 (4 years ago)
|
2018-07-16 (8 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2022-01-08 (4 years ago)
|
2019-07-19 (7 years ago)
|
| Author |
Dan Brown
|
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
|
| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
MIT
|
GPL
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| Programming Language |
PHP
|
Perl, JavaScript
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
N/A
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Small to mid-size groups and businesses
|
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
|
| System Requirements | BookStack | TWiki |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows and Unix variants
|
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, Nginx or others with PHP support
|
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
|
| Other Requirements |
Command-line access, PHP7.3+
|
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
| Datastorage | BookStack | TWiki |
| Text Files |
No
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
Yes
|
| Other |
MariaDB
|
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | BookStack | TWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
SAML2, LDAP, OIDC, ActiveDirectory, Google, GitHub, GitLab, AzureAD, Slack and more
|
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Plugin
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Development/Support | BookStack | TWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | ||
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel | ||
| Stars on GitHub |
19003 ⭐
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | BookStack | TWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Restricted by Number
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
No
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | BookStack | TWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lettish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
Threaded
|
| Categories |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Detection
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
No
|
Optional
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
Yes
|
| Links | BookStack | TWiki |
| CamelCase |
No
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Page Redirects |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Features | BookStack | TWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Optional
|
All
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Optional
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
None
|
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Yes
|
| Usability | BookStack | TWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | BookStack | TWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Yes
|
| Output | BookStack | TWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Themes & Skins |
No
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Auto-TOC |
No
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
Plugin
|
| PDF Export |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Office Export |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | BookStack | TWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
| MindMap Editing |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
Filenames only
|
Contents
|
| Extras | BookStack | TWiki |
| Calendar |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | BookStack | TWiki |
| Internal Link |
|
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
| External Link |
|
http://twiki.org/ autolink [[http://twiki.org/][label]] |
| Headlines |
|
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
| Bold Format |
|
*bold* |
| Italics Format |
|
_italic_ |
| Underline Format |
|
<u>underline</u> |
| Monospace Format |
|
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
| Strikethrough Format |
|
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
| Superscript Format |
|
<sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
|
<sub>subscript</sub> |
| Images |
|
%ATTACHURL%/image.png http://any.domain/image.png |
| Aligning Text |
|
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
| Text Indentation |
|
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
| Bulleted Lists |
|
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
|
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
|
$ Term: Definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
|
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| remove BookStack | remove TWiki |