TWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
TWiki-6.1.0
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Public Domain (!)
BSD
Programming Language
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
N/A
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
small + medium sites, development teams
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
none
A common browser
Datastorage TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Plugin
Optional
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
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
Security/Anti-Spam TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Plugin
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Plugin
No
nofollow
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Patch
Unknown
Development/Support TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Patch
Yes
Interface Languages
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
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Links TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
optional
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Toolbar
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Optional
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Plugin
Output TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
No
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TWiki ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
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]]
Headlines
---+ 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
Bold Format
*bold*
__bold text__
**bold text**
''bold''
Italics Format
_italic_
''ialic text''
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
optional or via css
__underline__
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
==monospaced text==
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
optional or via css
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript text^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
optional or via css
~~subscript~~
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
[link to the image.jpg]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
optional or via css
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
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
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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