TWiki to DokuWiki Converter
FileFlip converts TWiki to DokuWiki entirely inside your browser, using Pandoc compiled to WebAssembly. The file is never uploaded to a server: it is read off your disk, converted on your own machine, and saved back by the browser. That means no file-size limit, no queue and no account.
How do I convert a TWiki file to DokuWiki?#
- Drop your TWiki file onto the converter at the top of this page, or click it to pick one from your computer. You can add as many as you like.
- Leave the target set to DokuWiki and the conversion starts on its own. FileFlip downloads 65.8 MB of WebAssembly the first time and nothing after that, then runs Pandoc on your own machine.
- Save the DokuWiki file. Your browser writes it straight to your downloads folder, because there was never a server holding it.
Does converting TWiki to DokuWiki lose quality?#
Not in the sense of pixels or samples. Converting TWiki to DokuWiki rebuilds the file in DokuWiki's own model rather than re-encoding it, so everything DokuWiki can represent comes through exactly and anything it cannot has to be dropped. Expect the words to come through exactly and the page breaks to move.
Is it safe to convert TWiki files online?#
Yes, because nothing is uploaded. FileFlip converts TWiki files inside the browser tab you already have open, using WebAssembly builds of the same engines a desktop converter would install. Your file is read from your own disk into the page's memory, and no request carrying it is ever made.
You do not have to take that on trust. Open your browser's network panel, run a conversion, and you will see the engine come down and your file go nowhere. There is no upload, no server-side copy, no retention window, and no account tied to what you converted.
How FileFlip works lists every engine, its version and its download size, and shows how to check for yourself that nothing leaves your machine.
What TWiki to DokuWiki actually does to the file#
Converting TWiki to DokuWiki runs on Pandoc, downloads 65.8 MB of WebAssembly the first time and nothing after that, rebuilds the file in the target's own model, keeps selectable text and page layout.
| Engine | Pandoc |
|---|---|
| Conversion path | One step: TWiki → DokuWiki |
| Downloaded to your browser | 65.8 MB, once, then cached by your browser |
| Quality | Rebuilt in the target's model |
| You get back | One file |
| Where it runs | In a background worker, so the page stays responsive |
What survives the conversion
| What is in the file | This conversion | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Selectable text | Kept | Carried through into the converted file. |
| Page layout | Kept | Carried through into the converted file. |
What is a TWiki file?#
A TWiki file holds a wiki topic written in TWiki markup, the plain-text syntax the TWiki enterprise wiki engine uses to store a page before rendering it as HTML.
Leave a topic as TWiki markup only while it still lives inside a running TWiki or Foswiki installation that renders it.
Convert TWiki markup once its content needs to leave an aging or decommissioned TWiki install, since almost nothing outside TWiki and Foswiki reads it.
What is a DokuWiki file?#
A DOKUWIKI file holds a page written in DokuWiki syntax, the plain-text markup that DokuWiki itself stores as a .txt file on disk rather than in a database.
Keep pages in DokuWiki syntax while the wiki is actually running DokuWiki, since that's the renderer every construct is written for.
Convert DokuWiki syntax to another format when retiring the wiki or moving its content onto a different platform.
TWiki to DokuWiki questions people ask#
What is a .twiki file?
A .twiki file holds one topic's worth of TWiki markup, the plain-text syntax TWiki uses to store wiki pages before turning them into HTML. TWiki itself doesn't normally export topics with this extension; it shows up when a topic has been dumped to a file for backup, migration or conversion.
Is TWiki still maintained?
TWiki's own site is still online, but its last software release was version 6.1.0 in July 2018. In 2008 most of the original developers split off to start Foswiki instead, which is the actively maintained continuation most TWiki installations have since migrated to.
What's the difference between TWiki and Foswiki?
Foswiki is the fork that most of TWiki's developer community started in 2008 after a dispute over the project's direction, and it has been developed continuously since. Foswiki still reads TWiki markup, so a TWiki topic generally opens correctly in a Foswiki installation without changes.
What program opens a DokuWiki file?
A DokuWiki page is a plain-text file, so any text editor opens it, but the markup only renders as a formatted page inside a running DokuWiki install. Viewing it as intended means either running DokuWiki or converting the file to a format like HTML or Markdown first.