| General Features | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.0.1
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N/A
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phpwiki-1.3.14
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N/A
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2.67
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| Last Release Date |
2026-06-14 (today)
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N/A
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2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
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N/A
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2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
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| Last Update here |
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
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2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
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2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
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2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
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2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
|
| Author |
Clay Alberty
|
BrainKeeper, Inc.
|
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
|
PBworks
|
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
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| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
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N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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Yes
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| License |
BSD
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N/A
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GPL
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N/A
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GPL
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| Programming Language |
C#
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N/A
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PHP
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N/A
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Perl
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| Data Storage |
Database
|
N/A
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Database, Files, RCS
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N/A
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Files, RCS
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| License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
|
0
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Determined by Solution Needs
|
0
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| Development status |
Mature
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N/A
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Mature
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N/A
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Mature
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| Intended Audience |
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
|
Any
|
Business Enterprises
|
Anyone
|
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| Hosting Features | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
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Unlimited
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N/A
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No limit
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N/A
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| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
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Unlimited
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N/A
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No limit
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N/A
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| Other Limits |
N/A
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None
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N/A
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None
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N/A
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| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
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No Restrictions
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N/A
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None
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N/A
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| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
Yes
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N/A
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Yes
|
N/A
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| Own Domain |
N/A
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Yes
|
N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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| Ads allowed |
N/A
|
No
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N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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| System Requirements | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Operating System |
Windows
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N/A
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UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
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N/A
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Any
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| Root Access |
No
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N/A
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No
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N/A
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No
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| Webserver |
IIS 5+
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N/A
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Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
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N/A
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Any, or none
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| Other Requirements |
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
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N/A
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various opt. helpers
|
N/A
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| Datastorage | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Text Files |
Unknown
|
N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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Yes
|
| MySQL |
Unknown
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N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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No
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| PostgreSQL |
Unknown
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N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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No
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| Oracle |
Unknown
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N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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No
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| SQLite |
Unknown
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N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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No
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| BerkeleyDB |
Unknown
|
N/A
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Yes
|
N/A
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No
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| RCS |
Unknown
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
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| Other |
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
|
N/A
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gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
|
N/A
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| Security/Anti-Spam | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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| ACL |
No
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Authentication Backends |
.NET Membership platform
|
N/A
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db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
|
N/A
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Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
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| Host Blocking |
No
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Unknown
|
No
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Optional
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
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| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| Development/Support | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| # of Consultants | |||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
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| Code Repository |
N/A
|
N/A
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|||
| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Mailing List | |||||
| Support Forum | |||||
| Chat Channel |
#phpwiki
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||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
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N/A
|
N/A
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| Common Features | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
1
English |
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional |
1
English |
1
English |
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Comments |
No
|
Flat
|
Plugin
|
Threaded
|
Discussion Pages
|
| Categories |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
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| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Links | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Links |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
Some
|
Some
|
All
|
Optional
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
none
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
plugins, templates, PHP
|
Javascript
|
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
|
||
| Content Includes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Recent Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Output | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Embedded Video |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
No
|
Contents
|
Filenames only
|
|
| Extras | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | ProntoWiki | BrainKeeper | PhpWiki | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Internal Link |
[pagename] |
|
WikiWord or [somelink] [ desc | pagename ] |
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link] |
[[internal]] |
| External Link |
{title|url} |
|
http://someserver/someurl [ desc | exturl ] |
[http://www.externallink.com] |
[link text](http://example.org) |
| Headlines |
!, !!, !!! |
|
!!!Headline1 !!Headline2 !Headline3 |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 !!!!!! Level 6 |
Two syntaxes: # heading 1 ## heading 2 ### heading 3 heading 1 ========= heading 2 --------- |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
|
*bold* or <strong>bold</strong> |
**bold** |
**bold** __bold__ |
| Italics Format |
''italics'' |
|
_italics_ or or <em>italics</em> |
''italics'' |
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
| Underline Format |
__under__ |
|
<u>underlined</u> |
__underline__ |
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
| Monospace Format |
|
|
<tt>monospace</tt> <code>code</code> <pre>preformatted</pre> <verbatim> unparsed text</verbatim> |
<code>monospace</code> |
`inline monospace` indented block of monospaced text tab-indented block |
| Strikethrough Format |
<<strike>> (using custom tags) |
|
<strike>striked through</strike> |
-strikethrough- |
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
| Superscript Format |
<<super>> (using custom tags) |
|
<sup>above</sup> |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
<<sub>> (using custom tags) |
|
<sub>below</sub> |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
| Images |
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page |
|
[ 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://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg |
  |
| Aligning Text |
available through custom tags |
|
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?> or <div align="right"> right </div> |
<left>, <center>, <right> |
|
| Text Indentation |
multiple spaces -> |
|
;: left indent ;;: more left indent or paragraph and another level |
Indented block |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
+ ++ +++ ++++ |
|
* list or - list |
* Bullet #1 * Bullet #2 ** SubBullet #1 |
* item 1 * item 2 * item 2.1 * item 2.2 |
| Numbered Lists |
# ## ### #### |
|
# list |
# Number #1 # Number #2 |
1. item 1 2. item 2 1. item 1.1 42. the value doesn't matter 1. any value works |
| Definition Lists |
|
|
Term:<def> def |
<dl> </dl> |
via HTML: <dl> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd> </dl> |
| Horizontal Rule |
|
|
---- |
--- |
--- *** ___ ------------------ Any number > 3 - - - - - - - - - - spaces don't matter |
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