ProWiki vs. TWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Sputnik

General Features ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
Version
2.0.045
TWiki-6.1.0
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
5.1.21
8.08.13
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Yuri Takhteyev
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Public Domain (!)
BSD
MIT/X
Programming Language
Perl
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Lua
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
small + medium sites, development teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Small teams or private users
System Requirements ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
Operating System
Unix / Linux
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
any
Any
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Other Requirements
none
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
none
A common browser
gcc or Lua
Datastorage ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
no
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Git
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
optional extensions available
Yes
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Patch
Unknown
No
Development/Support ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
8562 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
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
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
4
German, English, French, Japanese
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Links ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Features ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
HTML Tags
Some
All
Plugin
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
optional
JavaScript
Lua, JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Usability ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Statistics ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Output ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
No
No
Extras ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Sputnik
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[Sputnik]]
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
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
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
# Sputnik
Bold Format
'''bold'''
*bold*
__bold text__
**bold text**
''bold''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
Italics Format
''italic''
_italic_
''ialic text''
//italic//
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
optional or via css
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
==monospaced text==
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
optional or via css
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript text^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
optional or via css
~~subscript~~
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
[link to the image.jpg]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
optional or via css
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
> Sputnik
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Sputnik
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Sputnik
Definition Lists
; term: definition
$ Term: Definition
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
---
----
----
- - -
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