ProntoWiki vs. ProWiki vs. TWiki vs. WiGit

General Features ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Version
1.0.1
2.0.045
TWiki-6.1.0
0.1
Last Release Date
2026-04-04 (today)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
Helmut Leitner
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
C#
Perl
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files, RCS
other
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Private users
System Requirements ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Operating System
Windows
Unix / Linux
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
none
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Git
Datastorage ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
No
Special Features ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
No
Threaded
No
Categories
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Links ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
No
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
HTML Tags
Some
Some
All
Some
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Yes
No
Usability ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
No
Output ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
No
Yes
No
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki ProWiki TWiki WiGit
Internal Link
[pagename]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[InternalLink]
External Link
{title|url}
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
h1. Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
*bold*
*Bold*
Italics Format
''italics''
''italic''
_italic_
_Italics_
Underline Format
__under__
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
[[strike]strikethrough text]
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
<sup>text</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
<sub>text</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
~subscript~
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
: indented line
:: indented line
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
Definition Lists
; term: definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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