TWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Version
TWiki-6.1.0
Pleiades-M45
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
team
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
LGPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
Perl, JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
N/A
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
corporate and special interest groups
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Unix/Linux
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
perl 4 or newer
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
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
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Apache
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Plugin
No
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Development/Support TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
No
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
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
No
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Links TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
No
Patch
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Features TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
Output TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Plugin
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
No
Extras TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link 
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
 
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link 
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
 
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines 
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6

text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format 
*bold*

_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
''bold''
Italics Format 
_italic_
 
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
'''italic'''
Underline Format 
<u>underline</u>
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format 
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>

<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
 
N/A
Strikethrough Format 
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
N/A
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
N/A
Images 
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text 
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
 
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>

<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
N/A
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists 
$ Term: Definition
 
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule 
---
 
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
 
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