PodWiki vs. ProWiki vs. mobiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
Version
0.9.1
2.0.045
2016-06-26
2.67
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2016-06-26 (10 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2016-06-26 (10 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Helmut Leitner
Martin D�ring
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
MIT
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Text centric websites and mobile use
Anyone
System Requirements PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Unix
Unix / Linux
any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
any
Any, or none
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
none
PHP 5.4+
Datastorage PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
No
No
Yes
Special Features PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
0
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Yes
Comments
Threaded
No
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Links PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
None
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
Scripting
Perl
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
No
Output PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Filenames only
Extras PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki ProWiki mobiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[Internal Link]
[[internal]]
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
!Headline
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
B<bold>
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
I<italics>
''italic''
''italics''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
via html only
<u>underlined</u>
n/a
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
<tt>monospace</tt>
n/a
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
via html only
[[strike]strikethrough text]
n/a
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
via html only
<sup>text</sup>
n/a
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
via html only
<sub>text</sub>
n/a
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
G<logo.png>
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
___
aligned text
___
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
: indented line
:: indented line
n/a
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# numbered list
## numbered list
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
via html only
; term: definition
n/a
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
---
----
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove PodWiki remove ProWiki remove mobiki remove ikiwiki