KeheiWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Version
Pleiades-M45
1.5.1
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
Author
team
PukiWiki Development Team
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
corporate and special interest groups
One theme, one PukiWiki
Any
System Requirements KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Operating System
Unix/Linux
OS independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
various opt. helpers
Datastorage KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
Yes
Oracle
Plugin
No
Yes
SQLite
Plugin
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
Yes
RCS
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Apache
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Yes
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
Patch
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Preview
Optional
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Patch
Links KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
Optional
No
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Patch
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Patch
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
No
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
Extras KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Optional
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
Optional
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Internal Link
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
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://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''bold''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''italic'''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%%%underlined%%%
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
N/A
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%%strikethrough%%
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
<sub>below</sub>
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
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# list
Definition Lists
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
:term|definition
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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