PageWork vs. ikiwiki vs. ProWiki

General Features PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
Version
0.4.8
2.67
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
Anyone
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
Operating System
Any
Any
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
Any, or none
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
none
Datastorage PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Patch
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
Other
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Development/Support PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
Links PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
Filenames only
No
Extras PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork ikiwiki ProWiki
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
[[internal]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
[link text](http://example.org)
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold'''
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italic''
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>text</sub>
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
: term : definition
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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