GWiki vs. ProWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki vs. Wiclear vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
Version
2.4.0
2.0.045
1.5.1
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
1.0
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2007-08-07 (18 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2007-09-16 (18 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
Helmut Leitner
PukiWiki Development Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
David Jobet
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
BSD
GPL
GPL2
GPLv2
Programming Language
Java
Perl
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Files
Files
Files, RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
One theme, one PukiWiki
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
private users
Advanced End Users
System Requirements GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Unix / Linux
OS independent
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
All
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
none
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
MySql
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Google Datastore
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Patch
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Patch
No
Plugin
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
N/A
N/A
8585 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
4
German, English, French, Japanese
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
2
English, Italian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
No
Plugin
Plugin
Threaded
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Patch
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Syntax Features GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
All
Some
Plugin
Optional
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Not at the moment
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Usability GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Statistics GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Output GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
No
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Ticket System
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiclear Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[Title]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
[http://example.com]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[Title|http://url.to/]
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
'''bold'''
''bold''
''bold''
*bold*
__bold__
*bold text*
Italics Format
_Italic format_
''italic''
'''italic'''
//italic//
_italic_
''italic''
/italics text/
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
<u>underlined</u>
%%%underlined%%%
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
N/A
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
[[strike]strikethrough text]
%%strikethrough%%
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
<sup>text</sup>
N/A
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
<sub>text</sub>
N/A
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
: indented line
:: indented line
N/A
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
# numbered list
## numbered list
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
; term: definition
:term|definition
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
;def1 : the complete definition of def1
;def2 : the complete definition of def2
Horizontal Rule
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