ikiwiki vs. MojoMojo vs. PmWiki vs. ProntoWiki vs. WikkaWiki

General Features ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Version
2.67
1.02
2.6.0
1.0.1
1.4.2
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2010-08-30 (15 years ago)
2026-05-16 (1 month ago)
2026-06-20 (today)
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2010-09-01 (15 years ago)
2026-05-16 (1 month ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Marcus Ramberg et al. (open-source)
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Clay Alberty
Wikka Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Artistic License
GPL2+
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
PHP
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
FREE
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Wiki, CMS, Blog users
All
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
System Requirements ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Operating System
Any
Any OS that runs Perl
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows
any (platform-independent)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Has its own server; can run with any web server
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
IIS 5+
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Other Requirements
Catalyst
none
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Oracle
No
Patch
No
Unknown
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
RCS
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Other
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
No
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
.NET Membership platform
Active Directory (patch)
Host Blocking
Yes
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
11
Catalan, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
0
Email notification
Yes
No
Optional
No
Patch
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Discussion Pages
No
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Links ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Features ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Plugin
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
No
Patch
Statistics ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Patch
Optional
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Patch
Recent Visitors
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Patch
Analysis
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Output ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Plugin
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Plugin
No
Patch
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Media and Files ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ikiwiki MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki WikkaWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[another page]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
[pagename]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
Markdown:
[Link text](http://example.com)

Textile:
"link text":http://example.com
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
{title|url}
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Mardown:
#Heading 1

Textile:
h1. Heading 1
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
!, !!, !!!
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
Markdown: **bold**

Textile: *bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
''italic''
''italics''
//italic//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Textile: _underline_
Markdown: use HTML
{+underlined+}
__under__
__underlined__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Markdown:
`command line example`

Textile:
@command line example@
@@monospace@@
##monospaced##
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Textile:
normal text -striked- normal text
{-strikethrough-}
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
++Strike through text++
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Textile: ^superscript^
'^superscript^'
<<super>> (using custom tags)
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Textile: ~subscript~
'_subscript_'
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Markdown:
![alt text](/image/path "title text")

Textile:
!http://example.com/image.png!
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
Aligning Text
Textile:
< right
> left
= center
<> justify
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
available through custom tags
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
Text Indentation
Textile:
> text
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* an item
* another item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
+
++
+++
++++
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# item 1
# item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
#
##
###
####
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Textile:
dl. title:data goes here
: term : definition
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
<hr />
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