PmWiki vs. WiGit vs. XoWiki

General Features PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
Version
2.6.0
0.1
0.113
Last Release Date
2026-05-16 (28 days ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-05-16 (28 days ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
Author
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Remko Tronçon
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL2+
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
Files
other
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Intended Audience
All
Private users
large and small organizations as well as individuals
System Requirements PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
AOLServer
Other Requirements
none
Git
Datastorage PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
Other
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
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.
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Unknown
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Optional
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
Unknown
Development/Support PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Unknown
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
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Unknown
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
0
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
Optional
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Threaded
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Optional
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
No
Unknown
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Plugin
Scripting
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Yes
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Optional
Toolbar
Optional
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Unknown
Statistics PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Optional
No
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Optional
No
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
Yes
Output PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Optional
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Optional
No
Unknown
Abbreviations
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Optional
No
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Plugin
No
Unknown
XML export
Plugin
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Unknown
Office Export
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
File Attachments
Optional
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Optional
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PmWiki WiGit XoWiki
Internal Link
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
[InternalLink]
External Link
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
h1. Headline
Bold Format
'''bold'''
*Bold*
Italics Format
''italic''
_Italics_
Underline Format
{+underlined+}
+underlined+
Monospace Format
@@monospace@@
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
{-strikethrough-}
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
'^superscript^'
^superscript^
Subscript Format
'_subscript_'
~subscript~
Images
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
Definition Lists
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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