PhpWiki vs. ProntoWiki

General Features PhpWiki ProntoWiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2024-04-19 (1 day ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2006-08-23 (17 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
C#
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
System Requirements PhpWiki ProntoWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage PhpWiki ProntoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Unknown
PostgreSQL
Yes
Unknown
Oracle
Yes
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
Yes
Unknown
RCS
Yes
Unknown
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support PhpWiki ProntoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki ProntoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features PhpWiki ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Patch
Unknown
Links PhpWiki ProntoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features PhpWiki ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Optional
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability PhpWiki ProntoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics PhpWiki ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Optional
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Output PhpWiki ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki ProntoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Unknown
Embedded Video
Yes
Unknown
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Extras PhpWiki ProntoWiki
Calendar
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki ProntoWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[pagename]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
{title|url}
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
!, !!, !!!
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italics''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__under__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

available through custom tags
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
+
++
+++
++++
Numbered Lists
# list
#
##
###
####
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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