TWiki vs. WiGit vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Version
TWiki-6.1.0
0.1
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Remko Tronçon
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPLv2
Programming Language
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
other
Files
License Cost/ Fee
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Private users
Advanced End Users
System Requirements TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Git
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
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
Git repositories
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Plugin
No
No
Blacklist
Plugin
No
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Preview
Yes
No
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
No
Interface Languages
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
2
English, Italian
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Comments
Threaded
No
No
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
No
Syntax Features TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Usability TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Optional
Toolbar
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Unknown
Output TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
No
No
Image Editing
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
No
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[InternalLink]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
h1. Headline
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
*bold*
*Bold*
*bold text*
Italics Format
_italic_
_Italics_
/italics text/
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
+underlined+
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
@monospace@
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
~subscript~
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
!image.jpg!
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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