DokuWiki vs. Foswiki vs. GWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Version
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
2.1.9
2.4.0
2.3.13
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
2024-12-18 (11 months ago)
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
2024-12-18 (11 months ago)
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
Foswiki Community
Roger Rene Kommer
Alex Schroeder
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
GPL
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Java
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
Free
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
family people, hackers
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Anything supported by Perl
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
All Java Servlet Container, included
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Java 1.8+
Writable data directory
A common browser
Datastorage DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Other
None
caching of content into database using plugins
Google Datastore
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Internal and external with adapter
None (use your web server instead)
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
No
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Optional
Plugin
No
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4485 ⭐
117 ⭐
7 ⭐
88 ⭐
8486 ⭐
Common Features DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
German, English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Links DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
All
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Markdown Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Scripting
Optional, PHP
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
Perl
JavaScript
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Usability DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Statistics DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Output DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Media and Files DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Chat
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples DokuWiki Foswiki GWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
[http://example.com]
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold*
*Bold Format*
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
//italics//
_italic_
_Italic format_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
__underlined__
<u>underline</u>
+Unterlined+
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
''monospace''
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{Monospace}}
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-StrikeThrough-
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
^Superscript^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
~Subscript~
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
~~subscript~~
Images
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
Plugin
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
no example known
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
N/A
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* one
** two
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Plugin
$ Term: Definition
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
---
----
Depending on plugins:
----
----
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