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| General Features | DokuWiki  | PmWiki | WikkaWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
 2008-05-05 |
2.2.0 |
1.1.6.5 |
| Last Release Date |
2008-05-05 |
2007-01-22 |
2008-06-24 |
| Author |
Andreas Gohr |
Patrick R. Michaud |
Wikka Development Team |
| URL |
www.dokuwiki.org |
www.pmwiki.org |
wikkawiki.org |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| License |
GPL 2 |
GPL2 |
GPL |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
| Data Storage |
Files |
Files |
Database |
| License Cost/ Fee |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
| Intended Audience |
private, small to medium companies |
All |
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend) |
| System Requirements | DokuWiki | PmWiki | WikkaWiki |
| Operating System |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others |
any (platform-independent) |
| Root Access |
 No |
No |
No |
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS, Lighttp, anything with PHP support |
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver. |
any server with PHP/MySQL support |
| Other Requirements |
|
none |
mod_rewrite (optional) |
| Datastorage | DokuWiki | PmWiki | WikkaWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| MySQL |
No |
 Plugin |
Yes |
| PostgreSQL |
No |
No |
No |
| Oracle |
No |
No |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
No |
No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
No |
No |
| RCS |
No |
No |
No |
| Other |
None |
Can provide custom data backends |
No |
| Security/Anti-Spam | DokuWiki | PmWiki | WikkaWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Authentication Backends |
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL |
.htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory, MySQL, (custom available) |
Active Directory (patch) |
| Host Blocking |
Plugin |
 Optional |
Yes |
| Mail Encryption |
Optional |
Plugin |
No |
| nofollow |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blacklist |
Optional |
Optional |
Yes |
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Delayed Indexing |
Optional |
No |
No |
| Development/Support | DokuWiki | PmWiki | WikkaWiki |
| Commercial Support |
Yes, 12 listed |
Yes, 5 listed |
No |
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Code Repository |
dev.splitbrain.org |
svn://pmwiki.org/pmwiki/tags/latest |
wush.net |
| Issue Tracker |
bugs.splitbrain.org |
www.pmwiki.org |
wush.net |
| Mailing List |
www.freelists.org |
www.pmichaud.com |
wikkawiki.org |
| Support Forum |
forum.dokuwiki.org |
www.pmichaud.com |
(forthcoming) |
| IRC Channel |
www.dokuwiki.org |
#pmwiki on irc.freenode.net |
wikkawiki.org |
| Common Features | DokuWiki | PmWiki | WikkaWiki |
| Preview |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Minor Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Change Summary |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page History |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Revision Diffs |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
| Page Index |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
|
Yes |
| Special Features | DokuWiki | PmWiki | WikkaWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes |
|
Yes |
| Interface Languages |
43 languages Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Finnish, Faroese, French, Galician, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
28 languages Catalan, , Danish, English, Spanish, Esperanto, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Breton, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Sinhalese, Finnish, Swedish, Turkish, Tamil, Vietnamese |
|
| Email notification |
Optional |
Optional |
 Patch |
| Comments |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Flat |
| Categories |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Page Redirection |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking |
Conflict Resolution |
Page Locking |
| Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
| Wiki Farming |
Patch |
|
|
| Structured Data |
Plugin |
|
|
| Links | DokuWiki | PmWiki | WikkaWiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional |
Optional |
Yes |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Patch |
| Backlinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SisterWiki |
No |
No |
No |
| Image Links |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Page Redirects |
Plugin |
|
|
| Syntax Features | DokuWiki | PmWiki | WikkaWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Optional |
Plugin |
Some |
| Math formulas |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Tables |
simple |
simple + complex |
simple |
| CREOLE support |
Plugin |
Optional |
No |
| Markdown Support |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
| Textile Support |
Plugin |
No |
No |
| BBCode Support |
Plugin |
No |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Footnotes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Quoting |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Internal Comments |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom styles |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| FAQ Tags |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Scripting |
Optional, PHP |
Plugin |
Extensibility through drop-in plugins |
| Content Includes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Usability | DokuWiki | PmWiki | WikkaWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
| Page Templates |
|
|
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
| Access Keys |
Yes |
Yes |
Patch |
| Auto Signature |
Yes |
Yes |
Patch |
| Statistics | DokuWiki | PmWiki | WikkaWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
Plugin |
Optional |
Yes |
| Orphaned Pages |
Plugin |
Optional |
Yes |
| Most/Least Popular |
No |
No |
Patch |
| Recent Visitors |
No |
Plugin |
Patch |
| Analysis |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Output | DokuWiki | PmWiki | WikkaWiki |
| HTML |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Printer Friendly |