alphawiki vs. TWiki

General Features alphawiki TWiki
Version
v.20160608
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2016-08-05 (7 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (7 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
Author
marty alain
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements alphawiki TWiki
Operating System
probably every OS
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
Yes
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage alphawiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
None
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Development/Support alphawiki 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 alphawiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features alphawiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
1
English
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links alphawiki TWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Syntax Features alphawiki TWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Usability alphawiki TWiki
Section Editing
Optional
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Statistics alphawiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
Analysis
No
Yes
Output alphawiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Optional
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files alphawiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras alphawiki TWiki
Calendar
Optional
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples alphawiki TWiki
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
*bold*
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
_italic_
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
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