| General Features | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.5.9
|
Pleiades-M45
|
phpwiki-1.3.14
|
| Last Release Date |
2026-04-05 (6 days ago)
|
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
|
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2026-04-05 (6 days ago)
|
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
|
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
|
| Author |
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
|
team
|
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL2+
|
LGPL
|
GPL
|
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
Perl
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Files
|
Files, RCS
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
All
|
corporate and special interest groups
|
Any
|
| System Requirements | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
| Operating System |
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
Unix/Linux
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
|
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
| Other Requirements |
none
|
perl 4 or newer
|
various opt. helpers
|
| Datastorage | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Oracle |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| SQLite |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| RCS |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Other |
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
|
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
|
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
|
Apache
|
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
|
| Host Blocking |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Development/Support | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel |
#phpwiki
|
||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
| 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 | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Optional
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
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 |
1
English |
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
Threaded
|
Plugin
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Links | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Plugin
|
All
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Optional
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
|
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
|
plugins, templates, PHP
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Usability | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
| Section Editing |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Toolbar |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Analysis |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Output | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Office Export |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
| File Attachments |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Filenames only
|
Keywords
|
No
|
| Extras | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Chat |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | PmWiki | KeheiWiki | PhpWiki |
| Internal Link |
[[page name]] [[page name | link text]] [[link text -> page name]] [[#anchor]] [[#anchor|link to anchor]] [[page name #anchor]] |
%topic% ( '%' configurable ) or <link topic>text</link> or use HTML in rich text editor |
WikiWord or [somelink] [ desc | pagename ] |
| External Link |
http://.... [[http://... | link text]] [[link text -> http://...]] |
http://gmail.com/ or <extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern> or use HTML in rich text editor |
http://someserver/someurl [ desc | exturl ] |
| Headlines |
! Level 1 !!#anchor Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
text ---- or insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor |
!!!Headline1 !!Headline2 !Headline3 |
| Bold Format |
'''bold''' |
_ text _ or insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor |
*bold* or <strong>bold</strong> |
| Italics Format |
''italic'' |
* text * or insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor |
_italics_ or or <em>italics</em> |
| Underline Format |
{+underlined+} |
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor |
<u>underlined</u> |
| Monospace Format |
@@monospace@@ |
<wiki code> stuff </wiki code> |
<tt>monospace</tt> <code>code</code> <pre>preformatted</pre> <verbatim> unparsed text</verbatim> |
| Strikethrough Format |
{-strikethrough-} |
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor |
<strike>striked through</strike> |
| Superscript Format |
'^superscript^' |
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor |
<sup>above</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
'_subscript_' |
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor |
<sub>below</sub> |
| Images |
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption |
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor |
[ 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 |
| Aligning Text |
%center% centered text %right% right aligned %lfloat% left floating text %rfloat% right floating text %rframe% right floating frame %lframe% left floating frame |
<p align=right> stuff or insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor |
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?> or <div align="right"> right </div> |
| Text Indentation |
-> indented text --> more indentation -< hanging text --< more indentation |
<ul> stuff </ul> or insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor |
;: left indent ;;: more left indent or paragraph and another level |
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 alternatively, indented: * item 1 * item 1.1 * item 2 |
* text or <!> text or insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor |
* list or - list |
| Numbered Lists |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 alternatively, indented: # Item 1 # Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
digits. stuff or insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor |
# list |
| Definition Lists |
: term : definition |
term: definition or insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor |
Term:<def> def |
| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
can use plain < HR > tag or via WYSIWYG editor |
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