TWiki vs. Wiki.js

General Features TWiki Wiki.js
Version
TWiki-6.1.0
2.5.299
Last Release Date
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2023-06-03 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
Author
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Nicolas Giard
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
AGPL-v3
Programming Language
Perl, JavaScript
Javascript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files, other, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Everyone
System Requirements TWiki Wiki.js
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
All
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
All
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Node.js
Datastorage TWiki Wiki.js
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
Optional
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam TWiki Wiki.js
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Optional
Development/Support TWiki Wiki.js
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features TWiki Wiki.js
Preview
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Special Features TWiki Wiki.js
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Interface Languages
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
No
Structured Data
Yes
No
Links TWiki Wiki.js
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
No
Syntax Features TWiki Wiki.js
HTML Tags
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JS, CSS
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability TWiki Wiki.js
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Statistics TWiki Wiki.js
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
Analysis
Yes
Optional
Output TWiki Wiki.js
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Plugin
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
No
Media and Files TWiki Wiki.js
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras TWiki Wiki.js
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
No
Forums
Plugin
No
Blogs
Plugin
No
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples TWiki Wiki.js
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
External Link
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
Bold Format
*bold*
**Bold Text**
Italics Format
_italic_
*Italic Text*
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
<u>Underline Text</u>
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
`Monospace Code`
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
~~Strikethrough Text~~
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^Superscript Text^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
~Subscript Text~
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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