| General Features | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
N/A
|
1.5.1
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2.6.0
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| Last Release Date |
N/A
|
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
|
2026-05-16 (29 days ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
|
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
|
2026-05-16 (29 days ago)
|
| Author |
BrainKeeper, Inc.
|
PukiWiki Development Team
|
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
N/A
|
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
|
GPL2+
|
| Programming Language |
N/A
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
N/A
|
Files
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
N/A
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
|
One theme, one PukiWiki
|
All
|
| Hosting Features | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| Storage Quota |
Unlimited
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
Unlimited
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Other Limits |
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Topic Restrictions |
No Restrictions
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Corporate Branding |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Own Domain |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Ads allowed |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| System Requirements | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| Operating System |
N/A
|
OS independent
|
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
| Root Access |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
N/A
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
|
| Other Requirements |
N/A
|
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
|
none
|
| Datastorage | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| Text Files |
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
N/A
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PostgreSQL |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
N/A
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| BerkeleyDB |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
N/A
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Other |
N/A
|
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
|
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
N/A
|
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
|
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
|
| Host Blocking |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Optional
|
| Mail Encryption |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
| nofollow |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Optional
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Development/Support | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository |
N/A
|
||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel |
#pukiwiki
|
||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Restricted by Number
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
To current
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi |
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 |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
Plugin
|
Discussion Pages
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Detection
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Links | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| CamelCase |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Internal Comments |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
|
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Optional
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Output | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PDF Export |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Media and Files | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Image Editing |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| SVG Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
No
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki | PmWiki |
| Internal Link |
|
PageNameAsWikiName [[PageName]] [[link text>PageName]] |
[[page name]] [[page name | link text]] [[link text -> page name]] [[#anchor]] [[#anchor|link to anchor]] [[page name #anchor]] |
| External Link |
|
http://.... [[link text>http://....]] [[interwiki:keyphrase]] [[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]] |
http://.... [[http://... | link text]] [[link text -> http://...]] |
| Headlines |
|
* Level 1 ** Level 2 *** Level 3 |
! Level 1 !!#anchor Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
| Bold Format |
|
''bold'' |
'''bold''' |
| Italics Format |
|
'''italic''' |
''italic'' |
| Underline Format |
|
%%%underlined%%% |
{+underlined+} |
| Monospace Format |
|
N/A |
@@monospace@@ |
| Strikethrough Format |
|
%%strikethrough%% |
{-strikethrough-} |
| Superscript Format |
|
N/A |
'^superscript^' |
| Subscript Format |
|
N/A |
'_subscript_' |
| Images |
|
#ref(pagename/filename[,option]) &ref(pagename/filename[,option]); &ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]); http://foo.bar/foo.jpg |
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption |
| Aligning Text |
|
CENTER:center RIGHT:right LEFT:left |
%center% centered text %right% right aligned %lfloat% left floating text %rfloat% right floating text %rframe% right floating frame %lframe% left floating frame |
| Text Indentation |
|
N/A |
-> indented text --> more indentation -< hanging text --< more indentation |
| Bulleted Lists |
|
- Item 1 -- Item 1.1 - Item 2 |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 alternatively, indented: * item 1 * item 1.1 * item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
|
+ Item 1 ++ Item 1.1 + Item 2 |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 alternatively, indented: # Item 1 # Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
|
:term|definition |
: term : definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
|
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| remove BrainKeeper | remove PukiWiki | remove PmWiki |