Editing TWiki (section)

{{short description|Perl-based structured wiki application}}
{{For|the robot character|Twiki (robot)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{how-to |date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = TWiki
| logo                   = T-logo-235x67-t.png
| screenshot             =
| caption                =
| developer              = Peter Thoeny
| released               = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1998|07|23}}
| latest_release_version = {{TWiki version}}
| latest_release_date    = {{TWiki version|releasedate}}
| programming language   = [[Perl]]
| platform               =
| language               =
| genre                  = [[Wiki software|Wiki]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| website                = {{URL|twiki.org}}
}}
'''TWiki''' is a [[Perl]]-based structured [[wiki application]],<ref>{{cite news |quote=TWiki is a structured wiki, which is a combination of a traditional freeform wiki and a more structured database |work=[[InformationWeek]] |url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201805279 |title=Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Content Management Systems |date=10 September 2007 }}</ref> typically used to run a [[collaboration platform]], [[knowledge management|knowledge]] or [[document management system]], a [[knowledge base]], or team portal. Users can create wiki pages using the TWiki Markup Language, and developers can extend wiki application functionality with [[Plug-in (computing)|plugins]].

The TWiki project was founded by Peter Thoeny in 1998 as an [[open-source software|open-source]] wiki-based application platform. In October 2008, the company TWiki.net, created by Thoeny, assumed full control over the TWiki project<ref name="cnet">{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10078682-16.html
 | title = TWiki's hunt for cash fractures its community
 |work = CNET |author=Matt Asay |date=29 October 2008}}</ref> while much of the developer community<ref name="devcommunity">{{cite web | url=http://foswiki.org/Community/TWikiWatchTWikiContributors
 | title = TWiki Watch: TWiki Contributors}}</ref><ref name="Get-the-facts">{{cite web
    | title = Development of Foswiki and TWiki - get the facts
    | publisher = wikiring.com
    | date = 2009-11-17
    | url = https://wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry36
    | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306111735/https://wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry36
    | url-status = dead
    | archive-date = 2016-03-06
    }}</ref> forked off to join the [[Foswiki]] project.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog/archives/001653.html |title=R. Morin: ''TWiki and Foswiki: the road ahead'' |access-date=23 October 2009 |archive-date=27 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527234041/http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog/archives/001653.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>