Instiki vs. ProWiki vs. TWiki vs. WiGit

General Features Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Version
0.30.0
2.0.045
TWiki-6.1.0
0.1
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Helmut Leitner
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
Perl
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files, RCS
other
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
general, education
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Private users
System Requirements Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Unix / Linux
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
none
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Git
Datastorage Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
No
Special Features Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
No
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Links Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
No
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
None
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Yes
No
Usability Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
No
Output Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
No
Extras Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Calendar
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[InternalLink]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
h1. Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
*bold*
*Bold*
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
''italic''
_italic_
_Italics_
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
`monospace`
<tt>monospace</tt>
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
[[strike]strikethrough text]
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>text</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>text</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
~subscript~
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
: indented line
:: indented line
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
Definition Lists
term
: definition
; term: definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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