PhpWiki vs. TWiki vs. Zwiki vs. PmWiki

General Features PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
TWiki-6.1.0
0.61
2.6.0
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2026-05-16 (24 days ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2026-05-16 (24 days ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPLv2
GPL2+
Programming Language
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
All
System Requirements PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Zope
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
none
Datastorage PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
Yes
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
Unknown
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
ZODB (zope object database)
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Patch
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Patch
Optional
Development/Support PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
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
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Optional
Optional
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Optional
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
DTML
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
No
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Output PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Optional
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples PhpWiki TWiki Zwiki PmWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
_italic_
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
'_subscript_'
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
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
# list
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
$ Term: Definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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