WikkaWiki vs. TWiki

General Features WikkaWiki TWiki
Version
1.4.2
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2020-04-19 (4 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-04-20 (4 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
Author
Wikka Development Team
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements WikkaWiki TWiki
Operating System
any (platform-independent)
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage WikkaWiki TWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam WikkaWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory (patch)
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Plugin
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Development/Support WikkaWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
42 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WikkaWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikkaWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Patch
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Optional
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Links WikkaWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Patch
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
Page Redirects
Patch
Plugin
Syntax Features WikkaWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Usability WikkaWiki TWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Patch
Yes
Auto Signature
Patch
Yes
Statistics WikkaWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Patch
Yes
Recent Visitors
Patch
Plugin
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Output WikkaWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Patch
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Media and Files WikkaWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Yes
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras WikkaWiki TWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikkaWiki TWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold*
Italics Format
//italic//
_italic_
Underline Format
__underlined__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
##monospaced##
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
++Strike through text++
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

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

(more options for lists are available)
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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