GWiki vs. ProWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2.4.0
2.0.045
1.5.1
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
Helmut Leitner
PukiWiki Development Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
BSD
Programming Language
Java
Perl
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
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
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
One theme, one PukiWiki
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Unix / Linux
OS independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
none
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
A common browser
Datastorage GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
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
Yes
No
No
Other
Google Datastore
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
N/A
N/A
8585 ⭐
Common Features GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
No
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Threaded
No
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
Yes
Links GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Features GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Usability GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Output GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
No
No
No
Extras GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[http://example.com]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
'''bold'''
''bold''
''bold''
Italics Format
_Italic format_
''italic''
'''italic'''
//italic//
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
<u>underlined</u>
%%%underlined%%%
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
N/A
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
[[strike]strikethrough text]
%%strikethrough%%
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
<sup>text</sup>
N/A
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
<sub>text</sub>
N/A
~~subscript~~
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
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
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
: indented line
:: indented line
N/A
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
# numbered list
## numbered list
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
; term: definition
:term|definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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