KeheiWiki vs. PmWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. Foswiki vs. DokuWiki

General Features KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
Version
Pleiades-M45
2.7.3
1.5.1
2.1.11
2025-05-14b "Librarian"
Last Release Date
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2026-07-26 (2 days ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2026-03-15 (4 months ago)
2025-09-09 (10 months ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2026-07-26 (2 days ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2026-03-15 (4 months ago)
2026-03-25 (4 months ago)
Author
team
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
PukiWiki Development Team
Foswiki Community
Andreas Gohr
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
GPL2+
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
GPL 2
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
PHP
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
corporate and special interest groups
All
One theme, one PukiWiki
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
personal, small to medium companies
System Requirements KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
Operating System
Unix/Linux
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS independent
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
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
Datastorage KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
caching of content into database using plugins
None
Security/Anti-Spam KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Apache
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
Plugin
Optional
Patch
Plugin
Optional
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Optional
No
Plugin
Optional
Development/Support KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
Preview
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
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
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Links KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Plugin
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
Markdown Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Textile Support
Optional
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
BBCode Support
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Optional, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Optional
Patch
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Output KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Media and Files KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Keywords
Filenames only
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Examples KeheiWiki PmWiki PukiWiki Foswiki DokuWiki
Internal Link
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
External Link
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
Headlines
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Bold Format
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''bold'''
''bold''
*bold*
**bold**
Italics Format
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italic''
'''italic'''
_italic_
//italics//
Underline Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{+underlined+}
%%%underlined%%%
<u>underline</u>
__underlined__
Monospace Format
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
@@monospace@@
N/A
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
''monospace''
Strikethrough Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{-strikethrough-}
%%strikethrough%%
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<del>strikethrough</del>
Superscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'^superscript^'
N/A
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'_subscript_'
N/A
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
#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{"image.png"}%
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Plugin
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
N/A
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
Definition Lists
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
: term : definition
:term|definition
$ Term: Definition
Plugin
Horizontal Rule
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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