ikiwiki vs. DokuWiki vs. WikkaWiki vs. PmWiki vs. TWiki

General Features ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
Version
2.67
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
1.4.2
2.3.33
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2020-04-19 (4 years ago)
2024-04-20 (6 days ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2020-04-20 (4 years ago)
2024-04-21 (5 days ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Andreas Gohr
Wikka Development Team
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL 2
GPL
GPL2+
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
PHP
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
personal, small to medium companies
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
All
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
Operating System
Any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any (platform-independent)
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
none
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Other
None
No
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Active Directory (patch)
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
Optional
Plugin
Development/Support ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
3582 ⭐
42 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Interface Languages
1
English
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Patch
Optional
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Links ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Some
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Optional, PHP
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Statistics ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Patch
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Output ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
No
No
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Ticket System
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki DokuWiki WikkaWiki PmWiki TWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
**bold**
'''bold'''
*bold*
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italics//
//italic//
''italic''
_italic_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underlined__
__underlined__
{+underlined+}
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
''monospace''
##monospaced##
@@monospace@@
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
++Strike through text++
{-strikethrough-}
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
'^superscript^'
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
'_subscript_'
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
Plugin
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
N/A
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Plugin
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
: term : definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
----
----
---
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