Foswiki vs. PageWork vs. ProWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2.1.11
0.4.8
2.0.045
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2026-03-15 (3 months ago)
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-15 (3 months ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Foswiki Community
Pitt Murmann
Helmut Leitner
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPLv3
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
$0
none
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
Medium-sized sites
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Any
Unix / Linux
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Any
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
none
A common browser
Datastorage Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Patch
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Yes
No
Other
caching of content into database using plugins
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Proprietary
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Development/Support Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
118 ⭐
N/A
N/A
8598 ⭐
Common Features Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
No
Yes
Interface Languages
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
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Links Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Statistics Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Output Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
No
No
Extras Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Foswiki PageWork ProWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
*bold*
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
_italic_
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
This is __underlined__.
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
This is %%monospaced%%.
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
This is --not-- important.
[[strike]strikethrough text]
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
<sup>text</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
<sub>text</sub>
~~subscript~~
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
: indented line
:: indented line
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
# numbered list
## numbered list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
: term : definition
; term: definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
---
---
----
----
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