ThoughtFarmer vs. ProntoWiki

General Features ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
Version
6.0
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2013-01-21 (11 years ago)
2024-03-28 (today)
Last Update here
2013-01-22 (11 years ago)
2006-08-23 (17 years ago)
Author
OpenRoad Communications Ltd
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
License
Commercial
BSD
Programming Language
ASP.NET C#
C#
Data Storage
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$119/user (hosted), $10/user (cloud)
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Intranet, Corporate, Private
System Requirements ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
Operating System
Windows Server 2008, 2012
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
IIS
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
Text Files
No
Unknown
MySQL
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
Unknown
Oracle
No
Unknown
SQLite
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Unknown
Other
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2010
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Active Directory, Open Directory, or Custom Modules
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Unknown
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Development/Support ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
11
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Turkish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Links ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Freelinks
No
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
InterWiki
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
No
Tables
complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Footnotes
No
Optional
Quoting
No
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
javascript (optional)
Content Includes
No
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Optional
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Output ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Raw Export
No
No
HTML Export
No
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Unknown
Embedded Video
Yes
Unknown
Image Editing
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Extras ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
Calendar
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ThoughtFarmer ProntoWiki
Internal Link
wysiwyg rich text editor
[pagename]
External Link
wysiwyg rich text editor
{title|url}
Headlines
wysiwyg rich text editor
!, !!, !!!
Bold Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
**bold**
Italics Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
''italics''
Underline Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
__under__
Monospace Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
Strikethrough Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
wysiwyg rich text editor
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Aligning Text
wysiwyg rich text editor
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
wysiwyg rich text editor
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
wysiwyg rich text editor
+
++
+++
++++
Numbered Lists
wysiwyg rich text editor
#
##
###
####
Definition Lists
wysiwyg rich text editor
Horizontal Rule
wysiwyg rich text editor
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