UseMod vs. TWiki

General Features UseMod TWiki
Version
1.2.2
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-02-25 (10 months ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Clifford Adams
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements UseMod TWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage UseMod TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam UseMod TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
nofollow
Patch
Plugin
Blacklist
Patch
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Development/Support UseMod TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features UseMod TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features UseMod TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
0
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links UseMod TWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features UseMod TWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
None
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Usability UseMod TWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Statistics UseMod TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Patch
No
Orphaned Pages
Patch
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Yes
Output UseMod TWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Plugin
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files UseMod TWiki
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Plugin
Image Editing
Unknown
Plugin
SVG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras UseMod TWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples UseMod TWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
'''bold'''
*bold*
Italics Format
''italic''
_italic_
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
N/A
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
http://url.com/pic.gif
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
N/A
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
: indented
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
;Term:Definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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