ConnectedText vs. wxWikiServer vs. PukiWiki

General Features ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
Version
5.0.0.1
1.5.11c
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Eduardo Mauro
Ryan Norton
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
License
Commercial
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
C++
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
39,95
NA
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
End users/Desktop
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
Operating System
Windows
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
No need
built-in
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
none
None
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Firebird
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No need
unknown
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
Flat
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
No
No
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
Links ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Patch
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Features ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
No
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
Yes
no
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Usability ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Unknown
No
Statistics ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
No
No
Output ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
Calendar
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ConnectedText wxWikiServer PukiWiki
Internal Link
[[wiki page]]
[[wiki page|Title]]
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
= Head1 =
== Head 2 ==
=== Head 3 ====
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
''' bold text '''
''bold''
Italics Format
//italic//
'' italic text ''
'''italic'''
Underline Format
__Underline__
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
{{{Monospace}}}
start line with blank space.
N/A
Strikethrough Format
--Strikethrough--
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
^^Superscript^^
N/A
Subscript Format
vvSubscriptvv
N/A
Images
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]]
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
~~Centered text~~
] centred text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
: First level of indenting
:: Second level
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* First item
* Seconditem
* one
* two
* two.1
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. First item
1. Second item
1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
;Term:Definition
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
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