GWiki vs. mobiki vs. ProntoWiki vs. ProWiki

General Features GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
Version
2.4.0
2016-06-26
1.0.1
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
2026-04-24 (today)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
Martin D�ring
Clay Alberty
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
MIT
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Java
PHP
C#
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Text centric websites and mobile use
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
any
Windows
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
any
IIS 5+
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
PHP 5.4+
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
none
Datastorage GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Unknown
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Oracle
Yes
No
Unknown
No
SQLite
No
No
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Other
Google Datastore
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
No
Special Features GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
0
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Yes
Comments
Threaded
No
No
No
Categories
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Links GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Some
Some
Math formulas
No
No
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
none
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
No
Footnotes
No
No
Optional
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
Content Includes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Usability GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Statistics GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Yes
Output GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
No
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[Internal Link]
[pagename]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link
[http://example.com]
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
{title|url}
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
!Headline
!, !!, !!!
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
'''bold'''
**bold**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
_Italic format_
''italics''
''italics''
''italic''
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
n/a
__under__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
n/a
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
n/a
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
n/a
<<super>> (using custom tags)
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
n/a
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
<sub>text</sub>
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
___
aligned text
___
available through custom tags
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
n/a
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
+
++
+++
++++
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
#
##
###
####
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
n/a
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
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