UseMod vs. DokuWiki vs. PmWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki vs. Wiki.js

General Features UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
Version
1.0
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
2.3.33
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
2.5.299
Last Release Date
2003-09-11 (20 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2024-04-20 (4 days ago)
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
2023-06-02 (10 months ago)
Last Update here
2009-07-01 (14 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2024-04-21 (3 days ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
2023-07-30 (8 months ago)
Author
Clifford Adams
Andreas Gohr
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Nicolas Giard
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL 2
GPL2+
BSD
GPL
AGPL-v3
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Javascript
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files, other, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
All
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Everyone
System Requirements UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
All
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
All
Other Requirements
none
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Node.js
Datastorage UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Other
No
None
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
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 UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
optional extensions available
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
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Patch
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
Patch
Optional
Optional
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Development/Support UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
3582 ⭐
N/A
7039 ⭐
N/A
19117 ⭐
Common Features UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
0
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
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
4
German, English, French, Japanese
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
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
Comments
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Links UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Features UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Plugin
Optional
All
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
None
Optional, PHP
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JS, CSS
Content Includes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Statistics UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Output UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Contents
No
Extras UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki Wiki.js
Internal Link
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
External Link
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
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 ======
====== 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 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**bold**
'''bold'''
''bold''
*bold*
**Bold Text**
Italics Format
''italic''
//italics//
''italic''
//italic//
_italic_
*Italic Text*
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
__underlined__
{+underlined+}
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
<u>Underline Text</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
''monospace''
@@monospace@@
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
`Monospace Code`
Strikethrough Format
N/A
<del>strikethrough</del>
{-strikethrough-}
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
~~Strikethrough Text~~
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
'^superscript^'
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^Superscript Text^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
'_subscript_'
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
~Subscript Text~
Images
http://url.com/pic.gif
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
N/A
Plugin
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
: indented
N/A
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* 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
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
- 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
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
Definition Lists
;Term:Definition
Plugin
: term : definition
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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