PhpWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. PmWiki

General Features PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
Pleiades-M45
2.6.0
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2026-05-16 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2026-05-16 (1 month ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
team
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
LGPL
GPL2+
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
corporate and special interest groups
All
System Requirements PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix/Linux
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
perl 4 or newer
none
Datastorage PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Yes
Plugin
No
Oracle
Yes
Plugin
No
SQLite
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
Yes
Plugin
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Apache
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
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Optional
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Optional
Development/Support PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Optional
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
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
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
Yes
Yes
Optional
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Patch
Yes
Yes
Links PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Optional
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Output PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Optional
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
Plugin
PDF Export
Yes
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Keywords
Filenames only
Extras PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Calendar
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples PhpWiki KeheiWiki PmWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''bold'''
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'_subscript_'
Images
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
# list
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
----
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