Foswiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. Wicked vs. WikyBlog

General Features Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
Version
2.1.11
Pleiades-M45
1.5.1
2.0.8
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2026-03-15 (3 months ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2017-09-21 (8 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-15 (3 months ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2018-10-15 (7 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Author
Foswiki Community
team
PukiWiki Development Team
The Horde Project
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
LGPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL 2
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
corporate and special interest groups
One theme, one PukiWiki
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Unix/Linux
OS independent
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any
Apache, anything with PHP
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
perl 4 or newer
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Text_Wiki from PEAR
MySQL
Datastorage Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Other
caching of content into database using plugins
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
None
Security/Anti-Spam Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Apache
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
25 different backends
No
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Development/Support Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
118 ⭐
N/A
N/A
1 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
Preview
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Plugin
No
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Links Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
No
Patch
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Features Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
HTML Tags
All
All
Plugin
None
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Optional
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
No
No
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Usability Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
No
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Statistics Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Output Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
XML export
Plugin
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Image Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
No
No
No
Extras Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Foswiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki Wicked WikyBlog
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
+ Level 1 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
*bold*
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''bold''
**bold**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
_italic_
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''italic'''
//italics//
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%%%underlined%%%
@@+++ underline @@
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
N/A
{{monospace}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%%strikethrough%%
@@--- strikethrough @@
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
:term|definition
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
---
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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