GWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. TWiki

General Features GWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Version
2.4.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Any
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements GWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
various opt. helpers
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage GWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
Yes
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Other
Google Datastore
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
Development/Support GWiki PhpWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features GWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features GWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
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
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
Yes
Links GWiki PhpWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features GWiki PhpWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
plugins, templates, PHP
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability GWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics GWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Output GWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
No
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki PhpWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
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
No
Contents
Extras GWiki PhpWiki TWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
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 PhpWiki TWiki
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[http://example.com]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
*bold*
Italics Format
_Italic format_
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
_italic_
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
<strike>striked through</strike>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
# list
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
Term:<def>
def
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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