TWiki vs. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
Version
TWiki-6.1.0
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2024-04-01 (1 year ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Tiki Software Community Association
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
LGPL
BSD
Programming Language
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
N/A
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Works on standard shared hosting
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
None
A common browser
Datastorage TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Optional
MySQL
No
Yes
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
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
No
nofollow
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
Plugin
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
Unknown
Development/Support TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
35
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Galician, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Swahili, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
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
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Statistics TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Output TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Examples TWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
((Name of page))
or
((Name of page|link to a page))
or
(semantic(link to a page))
or, if activated:
CamelCase WikiWords
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
*bold*
__bold__
''bold''
Italics Format
_italic_
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
===underline===
__underline__
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
-+monospace+-
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
--strike--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
{SUP()}text{SUP}
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
{SUB()}text{SUB}
~~subscript~~
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
::centered text::
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
leading spaces, if activated.
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
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:definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
---
---
----
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