MojoMojo vs. PmWiki vs. ProntoWiki

General Features MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
Version
1.02
2.6.0
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2010-08-30 (15 years ago)
2026-05-16 (1 month ago)
2026-06-20 (today)
Last Update here
2010-09-01 (15 years ago)
2026-05-16 (1 month ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
Author
Marcus Ramberg et al. (open-source)
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Artistic License
GPL2+
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
C#
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
FREE
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Wiki, CMS, Blog users
All
System Requirements MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
Operating System
Any OS that runs Perl
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Has its own server; can run with any web server
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
Catalyst
none
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Unknown
Oracle
Patch
No
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
Unknown
RCS
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Other
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
Unknown
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
No
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Optional
No
Development/Support MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
11
Catalan, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian
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
1
English
Email notification
No
Optional
No
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
Links MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Optional
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Textile Support
Yes
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
No
Usability MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Optional
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
Yes
Optional
No
Orphaned Pages
Patch
Optional
No
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Plugin
No
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
No
Output MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Optional
No
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Optional
Optional
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
No
XML export
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Optional
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Extras MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
No
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples MojoMojo PmWiki ProntoWiki
Internal Link
[[another page]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
[pagename]
External Link
Markdown:
[Link text](http://example.com)

Textile:
"link text":http://example.com
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
{title|url}
Headlines
Mardown:
#Heading 1

Textile:
h1. Heading 1
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
!, !!, !!!
Bold Format
Markdown: **bold**

Textile: *bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_
''italic''
''italics''
Underline Format
Textile: _underline_
Markdown: use HTML
{+underlined+}
__under__
Monospace Format
Markdown:
`command line example`

Textile:
@command line example@
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
Textile:
normal text -striked- normal text
{-strikethrough-}
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
Textile: ^superscript^
'^superscript^'
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
Textile: ~subscript~
'_subscript_'
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
Markdown:
![alt text](/image/path "title text")

Textile:
!http://example.com/image.png!
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Aligning Text
Textile:
< right
> left
= center
<> justify
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
Textile:
> text
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
* an item
* another item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
+
++
+++
++++
Numbered Lists
# item 1
# item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
#
##
###
####
Definition Lists
Textile:
dl. title:data goes here
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
<hr />
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