ikiwiki vs. ProntoWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Version
2.67
1.0.1
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2026-04-16 (today)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Clay Alberty
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
Perl
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Any
Windows
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
IIS 5+
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
.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.
Datastorage ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
No
Unknown
No
PostgreSQL
No
Unknown
No
Oracle
No
Unknown
No
SQLite
No
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
RCS
Yes
Unknown
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
.NET Membership platform
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Yes
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Optional
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Patch
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Features ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
none
complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Optional
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Plugin
Usability ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Optional
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
No
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[pagename]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
{title|url}
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!, !!, !!!
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
''bold''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
'''italic'''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__under__
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
N/A
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<<super>> (using custom tags)
N/A
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
N/A
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{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
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
+
++
+++
++++
- 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 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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