ProntoWiki vs. TWiki vs. WikyBlog

General Features ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
Version
1.0.1
TWiki-6.1.0
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2026-04-16 (today)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
C#
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
Operating System
Windows
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache, anything with PHP
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
MySQL
Datastorage ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
No
MySQL
Unknown
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Yes
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
No
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
No
Interface Languages
1
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
No
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Optional
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
HTML Tags
Some
All
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Optional
Plugin
No
Quoting
Optional
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
No
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Usability ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
Section Editing
No
Plugin
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Output ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
No
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki TWiki WikyBlog
Internal Link
[pagename]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
{title|url}
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italics''
_italic_
''italic''
Underline Format
__under__
<u>underline</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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