Git-Wiki vs. ProWiki vs. SubWiki

General Features Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
Version
1.0
2.0.045
0.1-dev
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
no official
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Greg Stein
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
GPL
Academic Free License
Programming Language
Ruby
Perl
Python
Data Storage
RCS
Files
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Intended Audience
Private, Public
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
Operating System
*nix
Unix / Linux
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
Ruby
none
Datastorage Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Git
No
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Special Features Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Optional
Comments
No
No
No
Categories
No
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
No
Unknown
Links Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
No
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Plugin
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Unknown
Usability Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Output Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
No
Raw Export
Yes
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 Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
Yes
Yes
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki ProWiki SubWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
N/A
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
[[strike]strikethrough text]
N/A
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>text</sup>
N/A
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>text</sub>
N/A
Images
{{Image.png}}
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
N/A
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# numbered list
## numbered list
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term: definition
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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