Foswiki vs. TWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. KeheiWiki

General Features Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
Version
2.1.11
TWiki-6.1.0
1.5.1
Pleiades-M45
Last Release Date
2026-03-15 (4 months ago)
2018-07-16 (8 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-15 (4 months ago)
2019-07-19 (7 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
Author
Foswiki Community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
PukiWiki Development Team
team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
LGPL
Programming Language
Perl
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
$0
N/A
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
One theme, one PukiWiki
corporate and special interest groups
System Requirements Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
OS independent
Unix/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
No
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Plugin
RCS
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Other
caching of content into database using plugins
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
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 authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Apache
Host Blocking
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Development/Support Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
118 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
No
Unknown
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
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Links Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Features Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
Optional
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
No
Optional
Toolbar
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Output Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Keywords
Extras Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Foswiki TWiki PukiWiki KeheiWiki
Internal Link 
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
 
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
 
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
External Link 
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
 
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]

http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
Headlines 
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
 
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6

* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
 
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bold Format 
*bold*
 
*bold*

''bold''
 
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Italics Format 
_italic_
 
_italic_
 
'''italic'''
 
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Underline Format 
<u>underline</u>
 
<u>underline</u>
 
%%%underlined%%%
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Monospace Format 
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
 
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>

N/A
 
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Strikethrough Format 
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
 
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
 
%%strikethrough%%
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
N/A
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
N/A
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Images 
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
 
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
 
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Aligning Text 
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
 
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
 
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
 
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>

N/A
 
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2

* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
 
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Definition Lists 
$ Term: Definition
 
$ Term: Definition
 
:term|definition
 
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule 
---
 
---
 
--------------------
 
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
remove Foswiki remove TWiki remove PukiWiki remove KeheiWiki