Anwiki vs. ikiwiki vs. ProntoWiki

General Features Anwiki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Version
0.2.5
2.67
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2026-06-20 (today)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
C#
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
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.
Anyone
System Requirements Anwiki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Any
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Any, or none
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage Anwiki ikiwiki 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
Yes
Unknown
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Anwiki ikiwiki 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 ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Anwiki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Links Anwiki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Anwiki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
none
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
No
Optional
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
No
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability Anwiki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics Anwiki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Anwiki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Extras Anwiki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[[internal]]
[pagename]
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
[link text](http://example.org)
{title|url}
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!, !!, !!!
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__under__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
<img src=""/>
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
+
++
+++
++++
Numbered Lists
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
#
##
###
####
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
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spaces don't matter
remove Anwiki remove ikiwiki remove ProntoWiki