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DOKUWIKI → TEXTILE
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Fast, secure DOKUWIKI to TEXTILE conversion. No registration required.
Here is the short version — DOKUWIKI is a document format oriented around a particular office suite or publishing pipeline. Hence the need for TEXTILE. A DOKUWIKI → TEXTILE conversion gives you the right artefact for the next step in the document life cycle. Maybe you are moving from drafting to distribution, or from a proprietary format into an open one, or simply answering a colleague who asked for TEXTILE. KaijuConverter delivers a faithful re-render without any desktop software install. Worth knowing: DOKUWIKI is a document format oriented around a particular office suite or publishing pipeline. Meanwhile TEXTILE is a document format oriented around a particular office suite or publishing pipeline.
DokuWiki Markup
Source formatDokuWiki 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.
Textile Markup
Target formatTextile 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.
Why convert DOKUWIKI to TEXTILE
Opening DOKUWIKI in the tool that natively reads TEXTILE is rarely clean. Converting upstream rebuilds the document in the target format so headings become headings, lists stay lists, and the receiving tool does not flag layout warnings.
HOW TO CONVERT
DOKUWIKI → TEXTILE
Drop the DOKUWIKI file
Upload your document — or a ZIP of several documents for batch conversion — through the web form.
Convert through pandoc
Our pandoc-based pipeline opens the DOKUWIKI, preserves structure and typography, and writes the TEXTILE.
Retrieve the document
Click the download button; the TEXTILE is delivered as a single file (or ZIP of files for batch jobs).
Common Use Cases
Share across platforms
Send TEXTILE files to anyone without worrying about whether they have the right software for DOKUWIKI.
Embed in documents
Drop TEXTILE output into Word, Google Docs, PowerPoint, Notion or a website without conversion warnings.
Optimize size
TEXTILE often produces smaller files than DOKUWIKI for web, email and storage.
Archive & future-proof
Store in a widely-supported format that will still open on future operating systems without legacy plugins.
DOKUWIKI vs TEXTILE — Strengths and limitations
What each format does best, and where it falls short.
DOKUWIKI Strengths
- No database — just flat files.
- Easy syntax.
- Git-friendly.
- Simple self-hosting.
Limitations
- Scales poorly past ~10 000 pages.
- Smaller community than MediaWiki.
- Limited standardization.
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
- 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.
DOKUWIKI vs TEXTILE — Technical specifications
Side-by-side comparison of the technical details.
DOKUWIKI
- MIME type
- text/x-dokuwiki
- Extension
- .dokuwiki, .txt (stored)
- Native engine
- DokuWiki (PHP)
TEXTILE
- MIME type
- text/x-textile
- Extensions
- .textile
- Implementations
- RedCloth (Ruby), php-textile, js-textile
- Primary users
- Redmine, Textpattern, early Rails
- Encoding
- UTF-8
| 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 |
DOKUWIKI vs TEXTILE — Typical file sizes
Approximate file sizes for common scenarios.
DOKUWIKI
- Typical wiki page 2-50 KB
TEXTILE
- Blog post 3-30 KB
- Redmine wiki page 5-50 KB
Quality & Compatibility
Headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, hyperlinks and inline images all survive the conversion with their semantic structure intact. Rare features unique to DOKUWIKI — legacy macros, form fields, obscure frame styles — are flattened to static content where no direct TEXTILE equivalent exists. Tracked changes, where both formats support them, transfer cleanly.
Tips for Best Results
- Round-tripping between DOKUWIKI and TEXTILE (converting back and forth) can accumulate small formatting drift — do one conversion and stay in that format.
- If the DOKUWIKI has tracked changes, accept or reject them before converting to avoid surprises in the TEXTILE output.
- Very long documents split cleanly at existing section breaks; add section breaks deliberately if you need precise page boundaries.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, as long as the fonts are standard (system fonts or common office fonts like Arial, Calibri, Times, Helvetica). Custom corporate fonts survive if they are embedded in the source document; otherwise the conversion substitutes the closest available match, which can shift line breaks by a character or two.
Yes. Inline images are embedded into the TEXTILE at full resolution, editable tables become native TEXTILE tables, and hyperlinks keep their URLs. Complex features unique to DOKUWIKI — macros, form fields, track-changes — are mapped where an equivalent exists in TEXTILE and flattened into static content otherwise.
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