TWiki vs. alphawiki

General Features TWiki alphawiki
Version
TWiki-6.1.0
v.20160608
Last Release Date
2018-07-16 (8 years ago)
2016-08-06 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-07-19 (7 years ago)
2016-09-10 (10 years ago)
Author
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
marty alain
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU-GPL
Programming Language
Perl, JavaScript
PHP+Javascript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
private users, small teams
System Requirements TWiki alphawiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
probably every OS
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache with PHP support
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage TWiki alphawiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
None
Security/Anti-Spam TWiki alphawiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
No
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
Development/Support TWiki alphawiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features TWiki alphawiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features TWiki alphawiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
No
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Links TWiki alphawiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
No
Syntax Features TWiki alphawiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Unknown
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability TWiki alphawiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Statistics TWiki alphawiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Yes
Analysis
Yes
No
Output TWiki alphawiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Plugin
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
Optional
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Optional
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
XML export
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TWiki alphawiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras TWiki alphawiki
Calendar
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TWiki alphawiki
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
Bold Format
*bold*
{b I am bold}
Italics Format
_italic_
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
E = mc{sup 2}
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
Horizontal Rule
---
{hr}
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