PhpWiki vs. ProWiki vs. Wicked vs. Zim

General Features PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.0.045
2.0.8
0.56
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2017-09-21 (8 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2018-10-15 (7 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Helmut Leitner
The Horde Project
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL 2
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Private users, small teams
System Requirements PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix / Linux
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Any
None
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
none
Text_Wiki from PEAR
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Oracle
Yes
No
Yes
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
None
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
25 different backends
File permissions
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
1 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
No
No
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Patch
No
No
No
Links PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
No
Syntax Features PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
HTML Tags
Some
Some
None
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
No
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
No
Usability PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
No
Statistics PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Output PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
No
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Extras PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
Calendar
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Optional
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
No
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Optional
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zim
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
+ Level 1 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
@@+++ underline @@
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<tt>monospace</tt>
{{monospace}}
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
[[strike]strikethrough text]
@@--- strikethrough @@
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>text</sup>
^{sup}
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>text</sub>
_{sub}
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
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
not implemented
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
: indented line
:: indented line
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
# list
# numbered list
## numbered list
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
; term: definition
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
----
----
not implemented
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