ikiwiki vs. ProntoWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TWiki vs. WiGit vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. WikyBlog

General Features ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Version
2.67
1.0.1
1.5.1
TWiki-6.1.0
0.1
0.12.0
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2026-04-15 (today)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 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)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Clay Alberty
PukiWiki Development Team
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Remko Tronçon
legolas558
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
GPL
GPLv2
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
C#
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
Files
Files, RCS
other
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
N/A
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
One theme, one PukiWiki
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Private users
Advanced End Users
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Operating System
Any
Windows
OS independent
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
OS Independent (Browser Application)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
IIS 5+
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache, anything with PHP
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.
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Git
JavaScript-capable browser
MySQL
Datastorage ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
No
Other
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
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
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
Supports per-page AES encryption
No
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Interface Languages
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
2
English, Italian
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
Threaded
No
No
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Plugin
All
Some
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
none
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JavaScript
No
Content Includes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
Usability ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Section Editing
No
No
Patch
Plugin
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Statistics ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Output ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
No
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
No
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[pagename]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[InternalLink]
[[WoaS test page]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
{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
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!, !!, !!!
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
h1. Headline
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
''bold''
*bold*
*Bold*
*bold text*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
'''italic'''
_italic_
_Italics_
/italics text/
''italic''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__under__
%%%underlined%%%
<u>underline</u>
+underlined+
_underlined text_
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
N/A
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
@monospace@
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
%%strikethrough%%
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-strikethrough-
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<<super>> (using custom tags)
N/A
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
N/A
<sub>subscript</sub>
~subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
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
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
!image.jpg!
[[Image::woas.png]]
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
>Right-aligned
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
N/A
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
: indented line
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
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
* 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
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
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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