WikiCrowd vs. TWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. PmWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki

General Features WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Version
0.0.16
TWiki-6.1.0
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
2.3.33
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
Last Release Date
29 Nov, 2010
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2024-04-20 (14 days ago)
2023-02-17 (1 year ago)
Last Update here
2010-11-29 (13 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2024-04-21 (13 days ago)
2023-02-19 (1 year ago)
Author
Stas Davydov
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Andreas Gohr
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Starbeamrainbowlabs
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
GPL
GPL 2
GPL2+
MPL-2.0
Programming Language
PHP, XSL, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
0
0
Free!
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Personal, Corporate, Community
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
personal, small to medium companies
All
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
System Requirements WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Operating System
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux / Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Anything PHP enabled
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2 or later, Apache mod_rewrite, iconv
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
none
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
Datastorage WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Other
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
None
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
n/a
Security/Anti-Spam WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
No
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
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.
None yet
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Optional
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Optional
Development/Support WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
3582 ⭐
N/A
133 ⭐
Common Features WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
2
English, Russian
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
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
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Links WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
Plugin, JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Optional, PHP
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Output WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media and Files WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
Keywords
Extras WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiCrowd TWiki DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Internal Link
@page "Another Wiki Page"
@page[Wiki Page] "Link to Wiki Page"
@page[Wiki Page]
[[Wiki Page or URL]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[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]]
[[Internal Link]]s
External Link
@page[http://wikimatrix.org]
@page[http://wikimatrix.org] "It's a link to WikiMatrix"
[[http://wikimatrix.org]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
Headlines
@title Some Title
@subtitle Some Subtitle
@subsubtitle Some Subsubtitle
---+ 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
# Headline
Bold Format
*bold*
*bold*
**bold**
'''bold'''
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italic//
_italic_
//italics//
''italic''
_italics_
Underline Format
No
<u>underline</u>
__underlined__
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
No
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
''monospace''
@@monospace@@
`code text`
Strikethrough Format
No
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<del>strikethrough</del>
{-strikethrough-}
~~strikethough text~~
Superscript Format
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
'^superscript^'
sometext^superscript^
Subscript Format
_subscript_
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
'_subscript_'
sometext~subscript~
Images
@img url
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
No
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Plugin
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
Text Indentation
No
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
N/A
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
> Blockquote
Bulleted Lists
@listitem Red
Green
Blue
* 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 A
* Item B
* Item C
Numbered Lists
No
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
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
1. A
2. B
3. C
Definition Lists
No
$ Term: Definition
Plugin
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
No
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----
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