Pepperminty Wiki vs. Wala Wiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Version
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
1.1.7
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2026-03-12 (3 months ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MPL-2.0
Public Domain
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free!
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Linux / Windows
Linux, *BSD
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything PHP enabled
Any that supports basic CGI.
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
n/a
diffs
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
None yet
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
No
Development/Support Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
205 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
No
To current
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Yes
No
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Optional
No
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Features Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
Plugin
Math formulas
Optional
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Usability Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
No
Output Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
Extras Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Calendar
No
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
No
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
No
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Pepperminty Wiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Internal Link
[[Internal Link]]s
LinkDump, [link dump]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
# Headline
= headline =
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
**bold text**
'''bolded'''
''bold''
Italics Format
_italics_
''italicized''
'''italic'''
Underline Format
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
`code text`
monospaced.
N/A
Strikethrough Format
~~strikethough text~~
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
sometext^superscript^
N/A
Subscript Format
sometext~subscript~
N/A
Images
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
> Blockquote
:Block-quoted text.
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. A
2. B
3. C
# One
# Two
# Three
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
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