ikiwiki vs. Instiki vs. ProntoWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TWiki vs. WiGit

General Features ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Version
2.67
0.30.0
1.0.1
1.5.1
TWiki-6.1.0
0.1
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2026-04-15 (today)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Clay Alberty
PukiWiki Development Team
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Ruby's
BSD
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Ruby on Rails
C#
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
Database
Files
Files, RCS
other
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Anyone
general, education
One theme, one PukiWiki
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Private users
System Requirements ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Windows
OS independent
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
IIS 5+
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Git
Datastorage ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Text Files
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
.NET Membership platform
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
No
Plugin
Threaded
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Links ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Plugin
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Section Editing
No
No
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Statistics ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Output ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Contents
No
Extras ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Calendar
Plugin
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
No
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
No
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[pagename]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[InternalLink]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[another site](http://example.com)
{title|url}
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
!, !!, !!!
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
h1. Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
**bold**
''bold''
*bold*
*Bold*
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italic_, *italic*
''italics''
'''italic'''
_italic_
_Italics_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
__under__
%%%underlined%%%
<u>underline</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`monospace`
N/A
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
%%strikethrough%%
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
<<super>> (using custom tags)
N/A
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
N/A
<sub>subscript</sub>
~subscript~
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
available through custom tags
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
N/A
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
+
++
+++
++++
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
#
##
###
####
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term
: definition
:term|definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
***
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