PodWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features PodWiki PukiWiki
Version
0.9.1
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements PodWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Unix
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
apache
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage PodWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support PodWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features PodWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features PodWiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Links PodWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Patch
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Syntax Features PodWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
Perl
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Usability PodWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
No
Patch
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics PodWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output PodWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
No
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras PodWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link 
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

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

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link 
L<http://www.daemon.de>
 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines 
=head1 The Weather
 
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format 
B<bold>
 
''bold''
Italics Format 
I<italics>
 
'''italic'''
Underline Format 
via html only
 
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format 
put a space in front of monospaced text
 
N/A
Strikethrough Format 
via html only
 
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format 
via html only
 
N/A
Subscript Format 
via html only
 
N/A
Images 
G<logo.png>
 
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text 
via stylesheet only
 
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation 
via stylesheet only
 
N/A
Bulleted Lists 
=over

=item* listitem

=back
 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists 
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists 
via html only
 
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule 
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