| General Features | PodWiki | TightWiki |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.9.1
|
2.39.3
|
| Last Release Date |
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
|
2026-10-03 (13 days ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
|
2026-10-06 (10 days ago)
|
| Author |
Thomas Linden
|
NetworkDLS
|
| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
MIT
|
| Programming Language |
Perl
|
C#
|
| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
GPL / none
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
average to advanced users
|
Small to medium business and personal use.
|
| System Requirements | PodWiki | TightWiki |
| Operating System |
Unix
|
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
apache
|
IIS / Kestrel / nginx
|
| Other Requirements |
mod_rewrite optional
|
.NET runtime
|
| Datastorage | PodWiki | TightWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
Yes
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Yes
|
No
|
| Other |
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | PodWiki | TightWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
builtin
|
yes
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
No
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Plugin
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Development/Support | PodWiki | TightWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | ||
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel |
#49
|
|
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
47 ⭐
|
| Common Features | PodWiki | TightWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | PodWiki | TightWiki |
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
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 |
No
|
No
|
| Comments |
Threaded
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Detection
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Links | PodWiki | TightWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Features | PodWiki | TightWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Plugin
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| BBCode Support |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
Perl
|
TightWiki proprietary
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | PodWiki | TightWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Plugin
|
| Statistics | PodWiki | TightWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Yes
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Yes
|
| Output | PodWiki | TightWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media and Files | PodWiki | TightWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Optional
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | PodWiki | TightWiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Examples | PodWiki | TightWiki |
| Internal Link |
POD: L<Sandbox> L<Link Description|Sandbox> Creole: [[Sandbox]] [[Sandbox|Link Description]] BBcode: [url]Sandbox[/url] [url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url] |
[[Home, Take me home]] |
| External Link |
L<http://www.daemon.de> |
[[https://Tightwiki.com, Go to TightWiki]] |
| Headlines |
=head1 The Weather |
==Header ===Sub Header |
| Bold Format |
B<bold> |
**this is bold** |
| Italics Format |
I<italics> |
//this is Italic// |
| Underline Format |
via html only |
__this is underline__ |
| Monospace Format |
put a space in front of monospaced text |
{{Code(bash)
This is syntax highlighted monospace text.
}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
via html only |
~~this is strikethrough~~ |
| Superscript Format |
via html only |
^^^Large ^^^^Larger ^^^^^Even larger |
| Subscript Format |
via html only |
Would require a plugin. |
| Images |
G<logo.png> |
##Image(download.jpg) |
| Aligning Text |
via stylesheet only |
{{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 |
via stylesheet only |
Ony inside bulleted or numbered lists, otherwise would require a plugin. |
| Bulleted Lists |
=over =item* listitem =back |
{{Bullets
Item 1
>Sub item 1.1
>Sub item 1.2
Item 2
>Sub item 2.1
}} |
| Numbered Lists |
=over =item 1. listitem =back |
{{Bullets(Ordered)
Item 1
>Sub item 1.1
>Sub item 1.2
Item 2
>Sub item 2.1
}} |
| Definition Lists |
via html only |
Would require a plugin. |
| Horizontal Rule |
--- |
##HR |
| remove PodWiki | remove TightWiki |