Anwiki vs. Friki vs. ProntoWiki

General Features Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
Version
0.2.5
2.1.1
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2004-05-14 (22 years ago)
2026-06-20 (today)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Frank Carver
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
ASL or LGPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Java
C#
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
private users and small teams
System Requirements Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Any that can run or call Java
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
No
Unknown
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
No
Unknown
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
No
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Special Features Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
0
1
English
Email notification
No
No
No
Comments
No
No
No
Categories
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Namespaces
Yes
Unknown
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Links Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Some
Math formulas
No
No
No
Tables
none
complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Optional
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Optional
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
Optional
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Optional
No
Footnotes
No
No
Optional
Quoting
Plugin
No
Optional
Internal Comments
Unknown
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
Content Includes
Yes
No
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Usability Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Unknown
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
No
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
No
HTML Export
No
No
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
File Attachments
No
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Unknown
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Unknown
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
Calendar
No
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
No
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki Friki ProntoWiki
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[pagename]
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
{title|url}
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
!, !!, !!!
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
'''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
''italic''
''italics''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
__under__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
monospace
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
<img src=""/>
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
:        indented
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* first
* second
+
++
+++
++++
Numbered Lists
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
1. first
1. second
#
##
###
####
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
title:        description
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
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