Instiki vs. ProntoWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. WiGit vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. WikyBlog

General Features Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Version
0.30.0
1.0.1
1.5.1
0.1
0.12.0
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2026-04-15 (today)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Clay Alberty
PukiWiki Development Team
Remko Tronçon
legolas558
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
BSD
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
GPLv2
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
C#
PHP
PHP
JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files
other
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
One theme, one PukiWiki
Private users
Advanced End Users
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Windows
OS independent
OS Independent (Browser Application)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
IIS 5+
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, anything with PHP
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.
Git
JavaScript-capable browser
MySQL
Datastorage Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Text Files
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Unknown
No
No
No
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)
Git repositories
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Supports per-page AES encryption
No
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Patch
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
Patch
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
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
Common Features Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
0
2
English, Italian
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Comments
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Optional
No
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Patch
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Features Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
HTML Tags
All
Some
Plugin
Some
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
none
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Unknown
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
No
No
Scripting
None
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript
No
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Usability Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Section Editing
No
No
Patch
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Statistics Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Output Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Filenames only
No
Extras Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Calendar
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[pagename]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[InternalLink]
[[WoaS test page]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
{title|url}
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
!, !!, !!!
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
h1. Headline
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
''bold''
*Bold*
*bold text*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
''italics''
'''italic'''
_Italics_
/italics text/
''italic''
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
__under__
%%%underlined%%%
+underlined+
_underlined text_
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`monospace`
N/A
@monospace@
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
%%strikethrough%%
-strikethrough-
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<<super>> (using custom tags)
N/A
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
N/A
~subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![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
!image.jpg!
[[Image::woas.png]]
[[Image:wiki.png]]
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
>Right-aligned
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
N/A
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* 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
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
#
##
###
####
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
term
: definition
:term|definition
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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