PageWork vs. TWiki vs. WikyBlog

General Features PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
Version
0.4.8
TWiki-6.1.0
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
none
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
Operating System
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache, anything with PHP
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
MySQL
Datastorage PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Patch
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
No
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
Plugin
No
Development/Support PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Optional
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
HTML Tags
All
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
No
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Usability PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Output PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
No
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
No
XML export
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
No
Extras PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork TWiki WikyBlog
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
_italic_
''italic''
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
<u>underline</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
$ Term: Definition
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
---
---
----
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