Instiki vs. mobiki vs. ProntoWiki vs. ProWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TWiki vs. WiGit

General Features Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Version
0.30.0
2016-06-26
1.0.1
2.0.045
1.5.1
TWiki-6.1.0
0.1
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
2026-04-04 (today)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Martin D�ring
Clay Alberty
Helmut Leitner
PukiWiki Development Team
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
MIT
BSD
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
PHP
C#
Perl
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
Files
Files
Files, RCS
other
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
0
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
general, education
Text centric websites and mobile use
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
One theme, one PukiWiki
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Private users
System Requirements Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
any
Windows
Unix / Linux
OS independent
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
any
IIS 5+
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
PHP 5.4+
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
none
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 Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Unknown
Yes
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 Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Preview
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
0
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
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
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Links Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
CamelCase
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
No
No
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
HTML Tags
All
None
Some
Some
Plugin
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
none
none
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
None
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
Page Templates
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
No
Patch
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Statistics Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Output Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Contents
No
Extras Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Calendar
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[Internal Link]
[pagename]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[InternalLink]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
{title|url}
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
!Headline
!, !!, !!!
= 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
---++++++ Level 6
h1. Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
**bold**
'''bold'''
''bold''
*bold*
*Bold*
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
''italics''
''italics''
''italic''
'''italic'''
_italic_
_Italics_
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
n/a
__under__
<u>underlined</u>
%%%underlined%%%
<u>underline</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
`monospace`
n/a
<tt>monospace</tt>
N/A
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
n/a
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
[[strike]strikethrough text]
%%strikethrough%%
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
n/a
<<super>> (using custom tags)
<sup>text</sup>
N/A
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
n/a
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
<sub>text</sub>
N/A
<sub>subscript</sub>
~subscript~
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
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
%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'}
___
aligned text
___
available through custom tags
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
n/a
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
: indented line
:: indented line
N/A
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
+
++
+++
++++
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
#
##
###
####
# numbered list
## numbered list
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
Definition Lists
term
: definition
n/a
; term: definition
:term|definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
***
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