DOKUWIKI vs TEXTILE
A detailed comparison of DokuWiki Markup and Textile Markup — file size, quality, compatibility, and which format to choose for your workflow.
DokuWiki Markup
Documents & TextDokuWiki markup is the wiki syntax used by the DokuWiki engine, a popular flat-file wiki that requires no database. Its syntax is designed for simplicity, storing all content as plain text files with intuitive formatting conventions.
About DOKUWIKI filesTextile Markup
Documents & TextTextile is a lightweight markup language that generates HTML from a human-readable syntax. It was popularized by the Textpattern CMS and the Redmine project management tool, offering a cleaner writing experience than raw HTML.
About TEXTILE filesStrengths Comparison
DOKUWIKI Strengths
- No database — just flat files.
- Easy syntax.
- Git-friendly.
- Simple self-hosting.
TEXTILE Strengths
- More expressive than Markdown in classical usage (tables, footnotes, classes).
- Mature implementation in RedCloth (Ruby), php-textile, js-textile.
- Core format of Redmine — millions of daily users.
- Clean human-readable syntax.
Limitations
DOKUWIKI Limitations
- Scales poorly past ~10 000 pages.
- Smaller community than MediaWiki.
- Limited standardization.
TEXTILE Limitations
- Market share decimated by Markdown since the mid-2000s.
- Not as widely supported outside the Ruby/Rails ecosystem.
- No CommonMark-style spec — implementations differ on edge cases.
- Rarely added to new projects in 2026.
Technical Specifications
| Specification | DOKUWIKI | TEXTILE |
|---|---|---|
| MIME type | text/x-dokuwiki | text/x-textile |
| Extension | .dokuwiki, .txt (stored) | — |
| Native engine | DokuWiki (PHP) | — |
| Extensions | — | .textile |
| Implementations | — | RedCloth (Ruby), php-textile, js-textile |
| Primary users | — | Redmine, Textpattern, early Rails |
| Encoding | — | UTF-8 |
Typical File Sizes
DOKUWIKI
- Typical wiki page 2-50 KB
TEXTILE
- Blog post 3-30 KB
- Redmine wiki page 5-50 KB
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Frequently Asked Questions
DOKUWIKI (DokuWiki Markup) is a document format used to store paginated text, with optional formatting, tables, images, hyperlinks, headers and footers. It sits in the documents & text family and is typically associated with a specific office suite or publishing pipeline that defined the format and ships the canonical reader.
TEXTILE (Textile Markup) is a document format used to store paginated text, with optional formatting, tables, images, hyperlinks, headers and footers. It sits in the documents & text family and is typically associated with a specific office suite or publishing pipeline that defined the format and ships the canonical reader.
Modern office suites — Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice Writer, Apple Pages — open most DOKUWIKI files with reasonable fidelity. If your installed software does not support DOKUWIKI, convert to DOCX or PDF first using KaijuConverter; both open in virtually every reader, including free online viewers.
Modern office suites — Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice Writer, Apple Pages — open most TEXTILE files with reasonable fidelity. If your installed software does not support TEXTILE, convert to DOCX or PDF first using KaijuConverter; both open in virtually every reader, including free online viewers.
Upload the DOKUWIKI to KaijuConverter and pick DOCX, PDF, ODT, RTF, HTML, Markdown, or plain text. Our pipeline runs LibreOffice headlessly plus pandoc for text formats — the same engines behind professional document pipelines. Styles, tables, images, and hyperlinks survive the conversion intact.
Yes, to a high degree. Standard fonts, headings, lists, tables, images, hyperlinks and page structure transfer cleanly. Custom fonts substitute to the closest match if not embedded; obscure layout features unique to DOKUWIKI (frames, legacy macros) may flatten to static content in the target format.