| General Features | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.4.8
|
2.0.045
|
2.7.3
|
| Last Release Date |
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
|
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
|
2026-07-26 (3 days ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
|
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
|
2026-07-26 (3 days ago)
|
| Author |
Pitt Murmann
|
Helmut Leitner
|
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPLv3
|
GPL
|
GPL2+
|
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
Perl
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Database, Files
|
Files
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
none
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Medium-sized sites
|
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
|
All
|
| System Requirements | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
| Operating System |
Any
|
Unix / Linux
|
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Any
|
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
|
| Other Requirements |
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
|
none
|
none
|
| Datastorage | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Patch
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Other |
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
|
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| Security/Anti-Spam | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Proprietary
|
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
|
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Development/Support | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel | |||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
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
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Optional
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Interface Languages |
2
German, English |
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, 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 |
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
No
|
Discussion Pages
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Detection
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Links | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Some
|
Plugin
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
|
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| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Output | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Optional
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Raw Export |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Media and Files | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
Keywords
|
No
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | PageWork | ProWiki | PmWiki |
| Internal Link |
[[link]] [[link|alternate text]] |
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink] |
[[page name]] [[page name | link text]] [[link text -> page name]] [[#anchor]] [[#anchor|link to anchor]] [[page name #anchor]] |
| External Link |
http://www.wikimatrix.org/ |
http://example.org InterWiki:page [some:link labelforlink] |
http://.... [[http://... | link text]] [[link text -> http://...]] |
| Headlines |
= L1 = == L2 == === L3 === ==== L4 ==== ===== L5 ===== = L1 == L2 === L3 ==== L4 ===== L5 |
= Headline 1 = == Headline 2 = === Headline 3 = ==== Headline 4 = ===== Headline 5 = ====== Headline 6 = |
! Level 1 !!#anchor Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
| Bold Format |
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong). This is **bold**, too. |
'''bold''' |
'''bold''' |
| Italics Format |
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized). This is in //italics//, too. |
''italic'' |
''italic'' |
| Underline Format |
This is __underlined__. |
<u>underlined</u> |
{+underlined+} |
| Monospace Format |
This is %%monospaced%%. |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
@@monospace@@ |
| Strikethrough Format |
This is --not-- important. |
[[strike]strikethrough text] |
{-strikethrough-} |
| Superscript Format |
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^ |
<sup>text</sup> |
'^superscript^' |
| Subscript Format |
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^} |
<sub>text</sub> |
'_subscript_' |
| Images |
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}} |
http://example.org/file.jpg Upload:file.gif [[Image]...options...] |
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption |
| 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] |
%center% centered text %right% right aligned %lfloat% left floating text %rfloat% right floating text %rframe% right floating frame %lframe% left floating frame |
| Text Indentation |
> L1 quote >> L2 quote |
: indented line :: indented line |
-> indented text --> more indentation -< hanging text --< more indentation |
| Bulleted Lists |
* one * two ** two alpha ** two beta * three |
* bulleted list ** bulleted list |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 alternatively, indented: * item 1 * item 1.1 * item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
# one # two ## two alpha ## two beta # three |
# numbered list ## numbered list |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 alternatively, indented: # Item 1 # Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
: term : definition |
; term: definition |
: term : definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
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