GWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki

General Features GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Version
2.4.0
1.5.1
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
PukiWiki Development Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Java
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
One theme, one PukiWiki
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
OS independent
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
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
Datastorage GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
Yes
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
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
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
Host Blocking
No
Patch
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Patch
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Development/Support GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
N/A
8585 ⭐
N/A
Common Features GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
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
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Links GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Output GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Contents
Extras GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[http://example.com]
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]]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
* 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
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
''bold''
''bold''
*bold*
Italics Format
_Italic format_
'''italic'''
//italic//
_italic_
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
%%%underlined%%%
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
N/A
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
%%strikethrough%%
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
N/A
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
N/A
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
#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
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
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}
N/A
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
:term|definition
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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