ProWiki vs. TWiki vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Version
2.0.045
TWiki-6.1.0
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPLv2
Programming Language
Perl
Perl, JavaScript
JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
Development status
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
Advanced End Users
System Requirements ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
Unix / Linux
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
none
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
No
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
No
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
2
English, Italian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Links ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Features ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
Some
All
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Usability ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Output ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
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
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
'''bold'''
*bold*
*bold text*
Italics Format
''italic''
_italic_
/italics text/
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
; term: definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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