Instiki vs. TWiki vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. Wiki-Toolkit

General Features Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Version
0.30.0
TWiki-6.1.0
0.12.0
0.72
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2006-08-31 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2006-12-05 (19 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
legolas558
Dominic Hargreaves
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
GPL
GPLv2
GPL/Artistic
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
Perl, JavaScript
JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Advanced End Users
Wiki Developers
System Requirements Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Anything that runs Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Text Files
No
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
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
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Supports per-page AES encryption
Plugin Interface
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki-toolkit on irc.perl.org
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Preview
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
English, Italian
0
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Comments
No
Threaded
No
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Syntax Features Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
HTML Tags
All
All
All
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Scripting
None
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Usability Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Section Editing
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Statistics Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Analysis
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Output Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold*
*bold text*
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
_italic_
/italics text/
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
<u>underline</u>
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
`monospace`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
term
: definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
***
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