Friki vs. ProntoWiki vs. WikkaWiki

General Features Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Version
2.1.1
1.0.1
1.4.2
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (22 years ago)
2026-06-20 (today)
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
Clay Alberty
Wikka Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Java
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
System Requirements Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Windows
any (platform-independent)
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
IIS 5+
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
No
MySQL
No
Unknown
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Unknown
No
Oracle
No
Unknown
No
SQLite
No
Unknown
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Unknown
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
No
Security/Anti-Spam Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
Active Directory (patch)
Host Blocking
Patch
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Special Features Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
0
Email notification
No
No
Patch
Comments
No
No
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Links Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Patch
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Features Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
HTML Tags
None
Some
Some
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Optional
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Optional
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
Optional
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Optional
Plugin
Quoting
No
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Content Includes
No
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Yes
Usability Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Patch
Auto Signature
No
No
Patch
Statistics Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Optional
Patch
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Patch
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
No
No
Yes
Raw Export
No
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Patch
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Unknown
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Media Search
No
No
Extras Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Friki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Internal Link
[pagename]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
External Link
{title|url}
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Bold Format
'''bold''
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
''italics''
//italic//
Underline Format
__under__
__underlined__
Monospace Format
monospace
##monospaced##
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
++Strike through text++
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
Images
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
Text Indentation
:        indented
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
Bulleted Lists
* first
* second
+
++
+++
++++
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. first
1. second
#
##
###
####
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
Definition Lists
title:        description
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Horizontal Rule
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