| General Features | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
phpwiki-1.3.14
|
2.39.3
|
| Last Release Date |
2007-07-01 (19 years ago)
|
2026-10-03 (13 days ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
|
2026-10-06 (10 days ago)
|
| Author |
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
|
NetworkDLS
|
| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
MIT
|
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
C#
|
| Data Storage |
Database, Files, RCS
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Any
|
Small to medium business and personal use.
|
| System Requirements | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
| Operating System |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
IIS / Kestrel / nginx
|
| Other Requirements |
various opt. helpers
|
.NET runtime
|
| Datastorage | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
No
|
| Oracle |
Yes
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Yes
|
No
|
| RCS |
Yes
|
No
|
| Other |
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
|
yes
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Development/Support | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | ||
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel |
#phpwiki
|
|
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
47 ⭐
|
| Common Features | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional |
48
Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Moldavian, Malay, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
No
|
| Comments |
Plugin
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Detection
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Links | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Features | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
plugins, templates, PHP
|
TightWiki proprietary
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Patch
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Statistics | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Analysis |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Output | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
No
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Yes
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media and Files | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Examples | PhpWiki | TightWiki |
| Internal Link |
WikiWord or [somelink] [ desc | pagename ] |
[[Home, Take me home]] |
| External Link |
http://someserver/someurl [ desc | exturl ] |
[[https://Tightwiki.com, Go to TightWiki]] |
| Headlines |
!!!Headline1 !!Headline2 !Headline3 |
==Header ===Sub Header |
| Bold Format |
*bold* or <strong>bold</strong> |
**this is bold** |
| Italics Format |
_italics_ or or <em>italics</em> |
//this is Italic// |
| Underline Format |
<u>underlined</u> |
__this is underline__ |
| Monospace Format |
<tt>monospace</tt> <code>code</code> <pre>preformatted</pre> <verbatim> unparsed text</verbatim> |
{{Code(bash)
This is syntax highlighted monospace text.
}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
<strike>striked through</strike> |
~~this is strikethrough~~ |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>above</sup> |
^^^Large ^^^^Larger ^^^^^Even larger |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>below</sub> |
Would require a plugin. |
| Images |
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] external image [Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] view uploaded image [Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] view and link to another image |
##Image(download.jpg) |
| Aligning Text |
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?> or <div align="right"> right </div> |
{{Blockquote(Center, This is the caption)
This is the content text
}}
-or-
{{Figure(Center, This is the caption)
This is the content text
}}
|
| Text Indentation |
;: left indent ;;: more left indent or paragraph and another level |
Ony inside bulleted or numbered lists, otherwise would require a plugin. |
| Bulleted Lists |
* list or - list |
{{Bullets
Item 1
>Sub item 1.1
>Sub item 1.2
Item 2
>Sub item 2.1
}} |
| Numbered Lists |
# list |
{{Bullets(Ordered)
Item 1
>Sub item 1.1
>Sub item 1.2
Item 2
>Sub item 2.1
}} |
| Definition Lists |
Term:<def> def |
Would require a plugin. |
| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
##HR |
| remove PhpWiki | remove TightWiki |