TWiki

TWiki is an open-source enterprise wiki and collaboration platform written in Perl. It is designed to help organizations create, manage, and share knowledge, coordinate projects, and support team workflows. TWiki uses a topic-centric model in which information is stored as individual topics that can be linked, revised, and extended.

Key features include collaborative editing with revision history, access control lists and permissions, and full-text search. The platform supports templates, page formatting, and macros to render dynamic content. A distinctive capability is the use of data forms and structured data, enabling metadata about topics to be captured and queried for reporting and organization-wide workflows. TWiki’s plugin architecture allows extending functionality with features such as calendars, task management, charts, diagrams, and integration with external systems.

Topics can contain attachments and can be organized into webs or spaces with their own permissions, reflecting enterprise needs for security and granular control. The system also emphasizes extensibility through plugins and themes, and it supports customization via templates and form definitions.

Deployment typically involves a web server and a Perl environment, with TWiki running on common platforms. It is commonly used for intranets, knowledge bases, project collaboration, and documentation in organizations seeking a flexible, self-hosted solution.

TWiki is maintained by the TWiki community and hosted on TWiki.org. It is released under the GNU General Public License and is supported by ongoing development, documentation, and a broad ecosystem of community-contributed plugins and resources.