PhpWiki vs. PmWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.5.3
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2025-11-08 (21 days ago)
2016-03-07 (9 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2025-11-08 (21 days ago)
2016-03-23 (9 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL2+
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
All
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
none
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
Patch
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
Development/Support PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
No
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
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
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
Patch
Yes
No
Links PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Patch
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Optional
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Optional
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Optional
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
No
XML export
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Optional
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
'''italic'''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
{+underlined+}
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


@@monospace@@
N/A
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
{-strikethrough-}
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
'^superscript^'
N/A
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
'_subscript_'
N/A
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
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
: term : definition
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
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