PmWiki vs. MediaWiki vs. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware vs. TWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2.3.33
1.32.2
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
TWiki-6.1.0
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2024-04-20 (14 days ago)
2019-06-05 (4 years ago)
2023-11-15 (5 months ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-04-21 (13 days ago)
2019-06-21 (4 years ago)
2024-04-01 (1 month ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
Author
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, and others.
Tiki Software Community Association
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL2+
GPL
LGPL
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
All
End Users/Desktop, Education
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
*nix, Windows, Mac OS X
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Any with PHP support
Works on standard shared hosting
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
none
none
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
A common browser
Datastorage PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
No
Yes
Optional
MySQL
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Other
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
No
MariaDB
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Yes
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Development/Support PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
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
140
Afar, Abkhazian, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bihari, Bislama, Bengali; Bangla, Tibetan, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Bhutani, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Fiji, Faroese, French, Frisian, Irish, Scots Gaelic, Galician, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Interlingue, Inupiak, Icelandic, Italian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Greenlandic, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kashmiri, Kurdish, Kirghiz, Latin, Lingala, Laothian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Maori, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Moldavian, Marathi, Malay, Maltese, Burmese, Nauru, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Oriya, Punjabi, Polish, Pashto, Pushto, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Kirundi, Romanian, Russian, Kinyarwanda, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sangho, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Samoan, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Serbian, Siswati, Sesotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Tajik, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkmen, Tagalog, Setswana, Tonga, Turkish, Tsonga, Tatar, Twi, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Volapuk, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zhuang, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Zulu
35
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Galician, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Swahili, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
Optional
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Optional
No
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Optional
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Statistics PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Analysis
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Output PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Keywords
Contents
Contents
No
Extras PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PmWiki MediaWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware TWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
((Name of page))
or
((Name of page|link to a page))
or
(semantic(link to a page))
or, if activated:
CamelCase WikiWords
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
[http://example.org The title]
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
__bold__
*bold*
''bold''
Italics Format
''italic''
''italic''
''italic''
_italic_
//italic//
Underline Format
{+underlined+}
<u>underlined</u>
===underline===
<u>underline</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
@@monospace@@
<tt>monospace</tt>
-+monospace+-
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
{-strikethrough-}
<s>strikethrough</s>
--strike--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
'^superscript^'
<sup>superscript</sup>
{SUP()}text{SUP}
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
'_subscript_'
<sub>subscript</sub>
{SUB()}text{SUB}
<sub>subscript</sub>
~~subscript~~
Images
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
[[Image:wiki.png]]
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
<center>Centered</center>
::centered text::
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
: indented line
leading spaces, if activated.
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
; term : definition
;term:definition
$ Term: Definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
---
----
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