LionWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. mobiki vs. Wala Wiki vs. ProWiki

General Features LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
Version
3.2.4
1.5.1
2016-06-26
1.1.7
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2016-06-26 (10 years ago)
2026-03-29 (4 months ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2016-06-26 (10 years ago)
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
Adam Živnéř
PukiWiki Development Team
Martin D�ring
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
MIT
Public Domain
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
advanced users, minimalists
One theme, one PukiWiki
Text centric websites and mobile use
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
Operating System
All PHP supported
OS independent
any
Linux, *BSD
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
any
Any that supports basic CGI.
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
PHP 5.4+
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
none
Datastorage LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Yes
Other
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
diffs
Security/Anti-Spam LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
Host Blocking
Plugin
Patch
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
Patch
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
No
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Special Features LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
No
No
No
Interface Languages
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
0
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
No
Flat
No
Categories
No
No
No
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Links LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Patch
No
Unknown
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
None
None
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Tables
complex
complex
none
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript (plugin)
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Usability LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Patch
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Patch
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Yes
Output LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Raw Export
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
No
No
Extras LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
No
Optional
No
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
No
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LionWiki PukiWiki mobiki Wala Wiki ProWiki
Internal Link
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[Internal Link]
LinkDump, [link dump]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link
http://lionwiki.0o.cz
[Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
!Headline
= headline =
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
'''bold''
''bold''
'''bold'''
'''bolded'''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italics''
'''italic'''
''italics''
''italicized''
''italic''
Underline Format
'__underline__'
%%%underlined%%%
n/a
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
N/A
n/a
monospaced.
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
'--strikethrough--'
%%strikethrough%%
n/a
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
N/A
n/a
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
N/A
n/a
<sub>text</sub>
Images
[path_to_img.jpg]
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
___
aligned text
___
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
N/A
n/a
:Block-quoted text.
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists
# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
# One
# Two
# Three
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
:term|definition
n/a
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
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