TWiki vs. Friki

General Features TWiki Friki
Version
TWiki-6.1.0
2.1.1
Last Release Date
2018-07-16 (8 years ago)
2004-05-14 (22 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-07-19 (7 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
Author
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Frank Carver
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
ASL or LGPL
Programming Language
Perl, JavaScript
Java
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 and small teams
System Requirements TWiki Friki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Any that can run or call Java
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage TWiki Friki
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
Security/Anti-Spam TWiki Friki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Plugin
Patch
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
Plugin
Optional
Blacklist
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
Development/Support TWiki Friki
# 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 Friki
Preview
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features TWiki Friki
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
0
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Links TWiki Friki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features TWiki Friki
HTML Tags
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Optional
Textile Support
Plugin
Optional
BBCode Support
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability TWiki Friki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics TWiki Friki
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 Friki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TWiki Friki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Plugin
No
Image Editing
Plugin
Unknown
SVG Editing
Plugin
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras TWiki Friki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TWiki Friki
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold''
Italics Format
_italic_
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
monospace
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
:        indented
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* first
* second
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. first
1. second
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
title:        description
Horizontal Rule
---
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