Wala Wiki vs. TWiki vs. Foswiki vs. ProWiki vs. UseMod vs. PodWiki

General Features Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
Version
1.1.7
TWiki-6.1.0
2.1.8
2.0.045
1.0
0.9.1
Last Release Date
March, 2007
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
2023-08-05 (7 months ago)
2006-10-13 (17 years ago)
2003-09-11 (20 years ago)
2007-02-12 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-03-28 (17 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
2023-10-16 (5 months ago)
2009-11-28 (14 years ago)
2009-07-01 (14 years ago)
2007-02-13 (17 years ago)
Author
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Foswiki Community
Helmut Leitner
Clifford Adams
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Perl, JavaScript
Perl
Perl
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
N/A
$0
0
0
GPL / none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
average to advanced users
System Requirements Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
Operating System
Linux, *BSD
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Unix / Linux
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Unix
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that supports basic CGI.
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
apache
Other Requirements
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
none
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Other
diffs
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
caching of content into database using plugins
No
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
builtin
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Development/Support Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
97 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Special Features Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
No
No
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
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
0
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Plugin
No
No
Threaded
Categories
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Links Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
HTML Tags
None
All
All
Some
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
None
Perl
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Usability Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Statistics Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
No
Yes
Patch
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Output Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
No
No
No
Extras Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wala Wiki TWiki Foswiki ProWiki UseMod PodWiki
Internal Link
LinkDump, [link dump]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines
= headline =
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format
'''bolded'''
*bold*
*bold*
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
B<bold>
Italics Format
''italicized''
_italic_
_italic_
''italic''
''italic''
I<italics>
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
<u>underline</u>
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
via html only
Monospace Format
monospaced.
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
[[strike]strikethrough text]
N/A
via html only
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>text</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
via html only
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>text</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
via html only
Images
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
http://url.com/pic.gif
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
N/A
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
:Block-quoted text.
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
: indented line
:: indented line
: indented
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists
# One
# Two
# Three
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# numbered list
## numbered list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
$ Term: Definition
; term: definition
;Term:Definition
via html only
Horizontal Rule
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