Smeagol vs. TWiki

General Features Smeagol TWiki
Version
1.0.1
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2018-05-24 (7 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-30 (7 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Simon Brooke
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
Clojure
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
free
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone who needs a small simple wiki
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements Smeagol TWiki
Operating System
Any (JVM)
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
None needed
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage Smeagol TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam Smeagol TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built in
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Development/Support Smeagol TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
72 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Smeagol TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Sitemap
No
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features Smeagol TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
4
German, English, Lithuanian, Russian
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
Categories
No
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Optional
Structured Data
No
Yes
Links Smeagol TWiki
CamelCase
Unknown
Yes
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features Smeagol TWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Usability Smeagol TWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Statistics Smeagol TWiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Yes
Output Smeagol TWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Media and Files Smeagol TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras Smeagol TWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Blogs
No
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Smeagol TWiki
Internal Link 
[[Link within this wiki]]
 
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link 
[Link outside this wiki] (http://url.goes.here/)
 
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines 
# Main heading
## Second level heading
### Third level heading
 
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
*bold*
Italics Format 
_italic_
 
_italic_
Underline Format 
not supported
 
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format 
`code`

or
```
code
```
 
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format 
~~strikethrough~~
 
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format 
not supported
 
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format 
not supported
 
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images 
![image alt text](http://url.of.image)
 
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text 
not supported
 
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation 
not supported
 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists 
+ (at start of line) ordinary bulleted lists
 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists 
1. (at start of line) numbered lists
 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists 
not supported
 
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule 
not supported
 
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