EditMe vs. MediaWiki vs. PBwiki vs. PmWiki vs. WikkaWiki

General Features EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
Version
N/A
1.32.2
N/A
2.3.33
1.4.2
Last Release Date
N/A
2019-06-05 (4 years ago)
N/A
2024-04-20 (5 days ago)
2020-04-19 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-07-12 (13 years ago)
2019-06-21 (4 years ago)
2010-08-16 (13 years ago)
2024-04-21 (4 days ago)
2020-04-20 (4 years ago)
Author
EditMe, LLC
Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, and others.
PBworks
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Wikka Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL
N/A
GPL2+
GPL
Programming Language
N/A
PHP
N/A
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
N/A
Database
N/A
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
From $4.95/mo
0
Determined by Solution Needs
0
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Teams, Groups, Companies, Individuals
End Users/Desktop, Education
Business Enterprises
All
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Hosting Features EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
Storage Quota
25MB to 4GB
N/A
No limit
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
1GB to 25GB
N/A
No limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
None
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
Operating System
N/A
*nix, Windows, Mac OS X
N/A
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any (platform-independent)
Root Access
N/A
No
N/A
No
No
Webserver
N/A
Any with PHP support
N/A
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Other Requirements
N/A
none
N/A
none
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
Text Files
N/A
No
N/A
Yes
No
MySQL
N/A
Yes
N/A
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
Yes
N/A
No
No
Oracle
N/A
Yes
N/A
No
No
SQLite
N/A
Yes
N/A
Plugin
Yes
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
N/A
No
No
RCS
N/A
No
N/A
Plugin
No
Other
N/A
No
N/A
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
No
Security/Anti-Spam EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
Yes
N/A
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Active Directory (patch)
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Optional
No
Development/Support EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
140
Afar, Abkhazian, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bihari, Bislama, Bengali; Bangla, Tibetan, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Bhutani, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Fiji, Faroese, French, Frisian, Irish, Scots Gaelic, Galician, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Interlingue, Inupiak, Icelandic, Italian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Greenlandic, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kashmiri, Kurdish, Kirghiz, Latin, Lingala, Laothian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Maori, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Moldavian, Marathi, Malay, Maltese, Burmese, Nauru, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Oriya, Punjabi, Polish, Pashto, Pushto, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Kirundi, Romanian, Russian, Kinyarwanda, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sangho, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Samoan, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Serbian, Siswati, Sesotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Tajik, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkmen, Tagalog, Setswana, Tonga, Turkish, Tsonga, Tatar, Twi, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Volapuk, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zhuang, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Zulu
1
English
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Patch
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Plugin
N/A
Yes
No
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Links EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Syntax Features EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Optional
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Optional
Javascript
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
Statistics EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Analysis
Yes
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Output EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Patch
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Media and Files EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Examples EditMe MediaWiki PBwiki PmWiki WikkaWiki
Internal Link
[[PageName]], or Use WYSIWYG editor
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
External Link
[[http://... Link Text]], or Use WYSIWYG editor
[http://example.org The title]
[http://www.externallink.com]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
Headlines
Use WYSIWYG editor
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Bold Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-B
'''bold'''
**bold**
'''bold'''
**bold**
Italics Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-I
''italic''
''italics''
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-U
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
{+underlined+}
__underlined__
Monospace Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>monospace</code>
@@monospace@@
##monospaced##
Strikethrough Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
<s>strikethrough</s>
-strikethrough-
{-strikethrough-}
++Strike through text++
Superscript Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
'^superscript^'
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
Subscript Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
'_subscript_'
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
Images
[[ImageName]] or Use WYSIWYG editor
[[Image:wiki.png]]
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
Aligning Text
Use WYSIWYG editor
<center>Centered</center>
<left>, <center>, <right>
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
Text Indentation
Use WYSIWYG editor
: indented line
Indented block
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
Bulleted Lists
Use WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
Numbered Lists
Use WYSIWYG editor
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# Number #1
# Number #2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
Definition Lists
Use WYSIWYG editor
; term : definition
<dl>
</dl>
: term : definition
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Horizontal Rule
Use WYSIWYG editor
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