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Introduction

TWiki can be used as a shared whiteboard like any other wiki. TWiki also enables users to create simple form-based web applications, without programming. Other enhancements include revision control, fine grained access control (though it can also operate in the classic 'no authentication' mode), configuration variables, variable text, transclusion, email notification, RSS/Atom, embedded searches, server-side includes, file attachments. Revision control (also known as version control, source control or (source) code management (SCM)) is the management of multiple revisions of the same unit of information. ... Access control is the ability to permit or deny the use of something by someone. ... In computer science, some hypertext systems, including Ted Nelsons Xanadu Project, have the capability for documents to include sections of other documents by reference, called transclusion. ... For other meanings of RSS, see RSS (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Atom (disambiguation). ... Server Side Includes or SSI is a simple server-side scripting language used almost exclusively for the web. ...

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Major features

• Revision control - complete audit trail, also for meta data such as access control settings
• Fine-grained access control by user groups
• Comprehensive markup language, easy to learn
• WYSIWYG editor
• Dynamic content generation by TWiki variables
• No database is needed (stored as text files)
• Structured information can be captured using forms
• Users without programming skills can create wiki applications
• Hundreds of plugins
• Customizable sidebar, topbar, and bottom bar

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Releases

TWiki has low server requirements: Perl, GNU diff, and GNU grep. RCS is optional, since an all-Perl equivalent is provided. The Revision Control System (RCS) is a software implementation of revision control that automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and merging of revisions. ...

The names in parentheses below are the codenames used in developing a release.

• Latest release download, virtual machine download, TWiki for Windows Personal download
• TWiki-4.1.2 Release (03-Mar-2007) (Edinburgh)
• TWiki-4.0.5 Release (24-Oct-2006) (Dakar)
• TWiki Release 04-Sep-2004 (Cairo)
• TWiki Release 01-Feb-2003 (Beijing)
• TWiki Release 01-Dec-2001 (Athens)
• TWiki Release 01-Sep-2001
• TWiki Release 01-Dec-2000
• TWiki Release 01-May-2000

See detailed TWiki release history.

TWiki.org Community Wiki

twiki.org has a community wiki with 50K pages dedicated to TWiki and wikis in general:

• Codev web: Collaborate on wiki technology and on core TWiki engine development
• TWiki web: Document TWiki software
• Plugins web: Package and list TWiki extensions (plugins, add-ons, skins, code contributions)
• Support web: Support users and administrators of TWiki

Some public sites running TWiki

• CERN Webs - CERN Labs
• Java.net - online encyclopedia for Java developers on java.net
• Biowiki - for computational biology projects of UC Berkeley
• IntelliJ Community Wiki - developers wiki
• BEAs dev2dev wiki - developers wiki

Gallery

Sample page layout. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 595 pixelsFull resolution (846 × 629 pixel, file size: 81 KB, MIME type: image/png) TWiki screenshot: Sample page view. ...

Page edit with wiki markup, SmartEditAddOn toolbar installed. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 722 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (846 × 703 pixel, file size: 65 KB, MIME type: image/png) TWiki screenshot: Page edit with wiki markup, SmartEditAddOn toolbar installed. ...

Page edit with WISIWYG editor. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 722 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (846 × 703 pixel, file size: 49 KB, MIME type: image/png) TWiki screenshot: Page edit with WISIWYG editor. ...

Edit tables with EditTablePlugin. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 764 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (846 × 664 pixel, file size: 93 KB, MIME type: image/png) TWiki screenshot: Edit tables with EditTablePlugin. ...

External links

• twiki.org - official TWiki site
• TWIKI.NET - company providing commercial installation and support for TWiki
• List of TWiki installations
• User submitted stories of some companies using TWiki