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| General Features | DokuWiki  | PmWiki |
|---|---|---|
 Version |
2012-01-25 "Angua" |
 2.2.19 |
| Last Release Date |
2012-01-25 |
2010-11-10 |
| Author |
Andreas Gohr |
Patrick R. Michaud |
| URL |
www.dokuwiki.org |
www.pmwiki.org |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
| License |
GPL 2 |
GPL2 |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
PHP |
| Data Storage |
Files |
Files |
| License Cost/ Fee |
0 |
0 |
| Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
| Intended Audience |
private, small to medium companies |
All |
| System Requirements | DokuWiki | PmWiki |
| Operating System |
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others |
| Root Access |
 No |
No |
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support |
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver. |
| Other Requirements |
|
none |
| Datastorage | DokuWiki | PmWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes |
Yes |
| MySQL |
No |
 Plugin |
| PostgreSQL |
No |
No |
| Oracle |
No |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
Plugin |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
No |
| RCS |
No |
No |
| Other |
None |
Can provide custom data backends |
| Security/Anti-Spam | DokuWiki | PmWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACL |
Yes |
Yes |
| Authentication Backends |
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory |
.htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory, MySQL, (custom available) |
| Host Blocking |
Plugin |
 Optional |
| Mail Encryption |
Optional |
Plugin |
| nofollow |
Optional |
Yes |
| Blacklist |
Optional |
Optional |
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Delayed Indexing |
Optional |
No |
| Development/Support | DokuWiki | PmWiki |
| Commercial Support |
Yes, 32 listed |
Yes, 7 listed |
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes |
Yes |
| Code Repository |
github.com |
svn://pmwiki.org/pmwiki/tags/latest |
| Issue Tracker |
bugs.splitbrain.org |
www.pmwiki.org |
| Mailing List |
www.freelists.org |
www.pmichaud.com |
| Support Forum |
forum.dokuwiki.org |
www.pmichaud.com |
| IRC Channel |
www.dokuwiki.org |
#pmwiki on irc.freenode.net |
| Common Features | DokuWiki | PmWiki |
| Preview |
Yes |
Yes |
| Minor Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Change Summary |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page History |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Revision Diffs |
Between all |
Between all |
| Page Index |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
Yes |
| Special Features | DokuWiki | PmWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes |
|
| Interface Languages |
55 languages Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Cambodian, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Marathi, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
27 languages Breton, Catalan, Danish, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Vietnamese |
| Email notification |
Optional |
Optional |
| Comments |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Categories |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Redirection |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking |
Conflict Resolution |
| Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
| Wiki Farming |
 Patch |
Yes |
| Structured Data |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Links | DokuWiki | PmWiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional |
Optional |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
Yes |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
| SisterWiki |
No |
No |
| Image Links |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Redirects |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Syntax Features | DokuWiki | PmWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Math formulas |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Tables |
simple |
simple + complex |
| CREOLE support |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Markdown Support |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Textile Support |
Plugin |
No |
| BBCode Support |
Plugin |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Footnotes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Quoting |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Internal Comments |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Custom styles |
Plugin |
Yes |
| FAQ Tags |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Scripting |
Optional, PHP |
Plugin |
| Content Includes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Usability | DokuWiki | PmWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Page Templates |
Yes |
Yes |
| Double-Click Edit |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Access Keys |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auto Signature |
Yes |
Yes |
| Statistics | DokuWiki | PmWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Orphaned Pages |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Most/Least Popular |
No |
No |
| Recent Visitors |
No |
Plugin |
| Analysis |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Output | DokuWiki | PmWiki |
| HTML |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
Yes |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS |
Print View |
| Mobile Friendly |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Themes & Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
| Abbreviations |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Auto-TOC |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Raw Export |
Yes |
Yes |
| HTML Export |
Yes |
Plugin |
| XML export |
No |
Plugin |
| PDF Export |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Media and Files | DokuWiki | PmWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes |
Optional |
| Media Revisions |
Yes |
Optional |
| Embedded Flash |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Embedded Video |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Image Editing |
No |
Plugin |
| SVG Editing |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin |
|
| Media Search |
Filenames only |
No |
| Extras | DokuWiki | PmWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Image Galleries |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Forums |
No |
Plugin |
| Blogs |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Ticket System |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Syntax Examples | DokuWiki | PmWiki |
| Internal Link |
[[a Link]] [[namespace:link]] [[link|With a Title]] |
[[page name]] [[page name | link text]] [[link text -> page name]] [[page name #anchor]] |
| External Link |
[[http://example.com]] [[http://example.com|With a Title]] |
http://.... [[http://... | link text]] [[link text -> http://...]] |
| Headlines |
====== Level 1 ====== ===== Level 2 ===== ==== Level 3 ==== === Level 4 === == Level 5 == |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
'''bold''' |
| Italics Format |
//italics// |
''italic'' |
| Underline Format |
__underlined__ |
{+underlined+} |
| Monospace Format |
''monospace'' |
@@monospace@@ |
| Strikethrough Format |
<del>strikethrough</del> |
{-strikethrough-} |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
'^superscript^' |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
'_subscript_' |
| Images |
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}} |
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg |
| Aligning Text |
|
%center% centered text %right% right aligned |
| Text Indentation |
|
-> indented text |
| Bulleted Lists |
|
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
|
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
|
: term : definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
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| Last updated | 2012-02-01 | 2010-11-22 |
