KeheiWiki vs. BrainKeeper vs. PukiWiki vs. PmWiki

General Features KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
Version
Pleiades-M45
N/A
1.5.1
2.6.0
Last Release Date
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
N/A
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2026-05-16 (28 days ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2026-05-16 (28 days ago)
Author
team
BrainKeeper, Inc.
PukiWiki Development Team
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
N/A
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL2+
Programming Language
Perl
N/A
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
N/A
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
corporate and special interest groups
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
One theme, one PukiWiki
All
Hosting Features KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Restrictions
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
N/A
N/A
System Requirements KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
Operating System
Unix/Linux
N/A
OS independent
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
N/A
No
No
Webserver
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
N/A
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
N/A
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
none
Datastorage KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
N/A
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Plugin
N/A
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
N/A
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
N/A
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
N/A
No
No
RCS
Plugin
N/A
No
Plugin
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
N/A
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Apache
N/A
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
Optional
nofollow
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
Unknown
Patch
Optional
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Development/Support KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
Preview
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
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
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
N/A
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Links KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Syntax Features KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Plugin
Plugin
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Optional
Markdown Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Textile Support
Optional
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
Optional
Unknown
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Plugin
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Unknown
No
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Output KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
XML export
No
Yes
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Media Revisions
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
Calendar
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples KeheiWiki BrainKeeper PukiWiki PmWiki
Internal Link
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''bold''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''italic'''
''italic''
Underline Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%%%underlined%%%
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
N/A
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%%strikethrough%%
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
'_subscript_'
Images
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
:term|definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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