GWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. TWiki

General Features GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
Version
2.4.0
Pleiades-M45
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2005-03-22 (20 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2009-12-23 (15 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
team
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
LGPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Perl
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
corporate and special interest groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Unix/Linux
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
perl 4 or newer
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
Plugin
No
Oracle
Yes
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
RCS
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Other
Google Datastore
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
Apache
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
No
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Development/Support GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
English
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
All
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Yes
Optional
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Output GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
Contents
Extras GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki KeheiWiki TWiki
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[http://example.com]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
*bold*
Italics Format
_Italic format_
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
_italic_
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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