ThoughtFarmer vs. TWiki vs. ProntoWiki vs. MojoMojo

General Features ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
Version
6.0
TWiki-6.1.0
1.0.1
1.02
Last Release Date
2013-01-22 (13 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2026-03-16 (today)
2010-08-30 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-01-22 (13 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2010-09-01 (15 years ago)
Author
OpenRoad Communications Ltd
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Clay Alberty
Marcus Ramberg et al. (open-source)
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Commercial
GPL
BSD
Artistic License
Programming Language
ASP.NET C#
Perl, JavaScript
C#
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$119/user (hosted), $10/user (cloud)
N/A
Free
FREE
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Intranet, Corporate, Private
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Wiki, CMS, Blog users
System Requirements ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
Operating System
Windows Server 2008, 2012
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Windows
Any OS that runs Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
IIS 5+
Has its own server; can run with any web server
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Catalyst
Datastorage ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
MySQL
No
No
Unknown
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
Patch
SQLite
No
No
Unknown
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
RCS
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Other
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2010
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory, Open Directory, or Custom Modules
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
Patch
Plugin
No
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Development/Support ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
11
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Turkish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
11
Catalan, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comments
Flat
Threaded
No
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Links ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
Unknown
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
HTML Tags
All
All
Some
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
javascript (optional)
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
Section Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
No
Patch
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Analysis
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Output ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Raw Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Extras ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ThoughtFarmer TWiki ProntoWiki MojoMojo
Internal Link
wysiwyg rich text editor
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[pagename]
[[another page]]
External Link
wysiwyg rich text editor
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
{title|url}
Markdown:
[Link text](http://example.com)

Textile:
"link text":http://example.com
Headlines
wysiwyg rich text editor
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
!, !!, !!!
Mardown:
#Heading 1

Textile:
h1. Heading 1
Bold Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
*bold*
**bold**
Markdown: **bold**

Textile: *bold*
Italics Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
_italic_
''italics''
_italics_
Underline Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
<u>underline</u>
__under__
Textile: _underline_
Markdown: use HTML
Monospace Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Markdown:
`command line example`

Textile:
@command line example@
Strikethrough Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Textile:
normal text -striked- normal text
Superscript Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
<sup>superscript</sup>
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Textile: ^superscript^
Subscript Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
<sub>subscript</sub>
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Textile: ~subscript~
Images
wysiwyg rich text editor
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Markdown:
![alt text](/image/path "title text")

Textile:
!http://example.com/image.png!
Aligning Text
wysiwyg rich text editor
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
available through custom tags
Textile:
< right
> left
= center
<> justify
Text Indentation
wysiwyg rich text editor
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Textile:
> text
Bulleted Lists
wysiwyg rich text editor
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
+
++
+++
++++
* an item
* another item
Numbered Lists
wysiwyg rich text editor
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
#
##
###
####
# item 1
# item 2
Definition Lists
wysiwyg rich text editor
$ Term: Definition
Textile:
dl. title:data goes here
Horizontal Rule
wysiwyg rich text editor
---
<hr />
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