TWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features TWiki TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Version
TWiki-6.1.0
5.1.21
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
Perl, JavaScript
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
N/A
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Individuals, private, small groups
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements TWiki TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Any
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
A common browser
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage TWiki TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam TWiki TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
optional extensions available
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Unknown
No
Development/Support TWiki TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8585 ⭐
N/A
Common Features TWiki TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TWiki TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
No
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, French, Japanese
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
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 TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Features TWiki TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JavaScript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability TWiki TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics TWiki TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
Output TWiki TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Plugin
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Plugin
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TWiki TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras TWiki TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TWiki TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
*bold*
''bold''
''bold''
Italics Format
_italic_
//italic//
'''italic'''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
__underline__
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{{monospaced}}}
N/A
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
--strikethrough--
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
N/A
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
~~subscript~~
N/A
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
#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
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- 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 2
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
; term
: description
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
---
----
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