Friki vs. ikiwiki vs. ProntoWiki

General Features Friki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Version
2.1.1
2.67
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (22 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2026-06-20 (today)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Java
Perl
C#
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
Anyone
System Requirements Friki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
Any, or none
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage Friki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
No
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
No
Unknown
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Yes
Unknown
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam Friki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Friki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Friki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features Friki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
0
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Links Friki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Friki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Textile Support
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
BBCode Support
Optional
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
No
Optional
Quoting
No
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Usability Friki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics Friki 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
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Friki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
No
Raw Export
No
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Friki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Unknown
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Unknown
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Extras Friki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Friki ikiwiki ProntoWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[pagename]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
{title|url}
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
![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
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
:        indented
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
* first
* second
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
+
++
+++
++++
Numbered Lists
1. first
1. second
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
#
##
###
####
Definition Lists
title:        description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove Friki remove ikiwiki remove ProntoWiki