Friki vs. ProWiki vs. TWiki vs. WiGit

General Features Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Version
2.1.1
2.0.045
TWiki-6.1.0
0.1
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (22 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
Helmut Leitner
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Perl
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
other
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Private users
System Requirements Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Unix / Linux
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
none
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Git
Datastorage Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
No
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
Unknown
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
No
Special Features Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Interface Languages
0
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
No
Threaded
No
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Links Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
No
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
HTML Tags
None
Some
All
Some
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Optional
No
No
No
Textile Support
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Yes
No
Usability Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
No
Output Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
No
Yes
No
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
No
Extras Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Friki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[InternalLink]
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
h1. Headline
Bold Format
'''bold''
'''bold'''
*bold*
*Bold*
Italics Format
''italic''
''italic''
_italic_
_Italics_
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
monospace
<tt>monospace</tt>
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
~subscript~
Images
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
:        indented
: indented line
:: indented line
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* first
* second
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
Numbered Lists
1. first
1. second
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
Definition Lists
title:        description
; term: definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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