GWiki vs. mobiki vs. ProWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Version
2.4.0
2016-06-26
2.0.045
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
Martin D�ring
Helmut Leitner
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
MIT
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
Java
PHP
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
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
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
any
Unix / Linux
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
any
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
PHP 5.4+
none
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Other
Google Datastore
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
Patch
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Yes
Special Features GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
No
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
0
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
No
No
Plugin
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
No
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
No
Links GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Patch
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Yes
No
Syntax Features GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
No
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Statistics GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
No
Output GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
No
Extras GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
No
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Blogs
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Optional
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki mobiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[Internal Link]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
[http://example.com]
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
!Headline
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
_Italic format_
''italics''
''italic''
'''italic'''
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
n/a
<u>underlined</u>
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
n/a
<tt>monospace</tt>
N/A
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
n/a
[[strike]strikethrough text]
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
n/a
<sup>text</sup>
N/A
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
n/a
<sub>text</sub>
N/A
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
___
aligned text
___
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
n/a
: indented line
:: indented line
N/A
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
# numbered list
## numbered list
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
n/a
; term: definition
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
----
---
----
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