GWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki vs. Wiki-Toolkit

General Features GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Version
2.4.0
1.5.1
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
0.72
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)
2006-08-31 (19 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)
2006-12-05 (19 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
PukiWiki Development Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Dominic Hargreaves
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
BSD
GPL
GPL/Artistic
Programming Language
Java
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Files
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
N/A
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
One theme, one PukiWiki
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Wiki Developers
System Requirements GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
OS independent
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Anything that runs Perl
Root Access
No
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
Anything with CGI support
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 Wiki-Toolkit
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
Yes
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
Yes
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
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
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
Plugin Interface
Host Blocking
No
Patch
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blacklist
No
Patch
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Development/Support GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki-Toolkit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
#wiki-toolkit on irc.perl.org
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
N/A
8585 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Change Summary
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Yes
No
Optional
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
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki-Toolkit
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
Patch
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki-Toolkit
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Optional
All
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
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
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Usability GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Section Editing
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Statistics GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Output GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki-Toolkit
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Contents
No
Extras GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki-Toolkit
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki-Toolkit
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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