Anwiki vs. ProntoWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Version
0.2.5
1.0.1
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2026-06-04 (today)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Clay Alberty
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
BSD
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
PHP
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Windows
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
IIS 5+
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
No
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Unknown
No
PostgreSQL
No
Unknown
No
Oracle
No
Unknown
No
SQLite
No
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Unknown
No
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
.NET Membership platform
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
No
No
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Optional
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
Links Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Patch
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Features Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Tables
none
none
complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Optional
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Internal Comments
Unknown
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Optional
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
No
Plugin
HTML Export
No
No
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
No
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
No
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[pagename]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
{title|url}
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
!, !!, !!!
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
**bold**
''bold''
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
''italics''
'''italic'''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
__under__
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
N/A
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
<<super>> (using custom tags)
N/A
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
N/A
Images
<img src=""/>
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
available through custom tags
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
N/A
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
+
++
+++
++++
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
#
##
###
####
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
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