GWiki vs. ProntoWiki

General Features GWiki ProntoWiki
Version
2.4.0
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2026-04-24 (today)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
BSD
Programming Language
Java
C#
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
System Requirements GWiki ProntoWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage GWiki ProntoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Unknown
PostgreSQL
Yes
Unknown
Oracle
Yes
Unknown
SQLite
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
RCS
Plugin
Unknown
Other
Google Datastore
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support GWiki ProntoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
N/A
Common Features GWiki 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 GWiki ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Links GWiki ProntoWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features GWiki ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Math formulas
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Yes
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Optional
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
Content Includes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Usability GWiki ProntoWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Statistics GWiki ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output GWiki ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki 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
Contents
Extras GWiki ProntoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki ProntoWiki
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[pagename]
External Link
[http://example.com]
{title|url}
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
!, !!, !!!
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
**bold**
Italics Format
_Italic format_
''italics''
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
__under__
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
+
++
+++
++++
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
#
##
###
####
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
Horizontal Rule
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