ProntoWiki vs. Git-Wiki vs. Zim

General Features ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
Version
1.0.1
1.0
0.56
Last Release Date
2026-07-27 (today)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
MIT
GPL
Programming Language
C#
Ruby
Python
Data Storage
Database
RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Private users, small teams
System Requirements ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
Operating System
Windows
*nix
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
None
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Ruby
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
Text Files
Unknown
No
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Git
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
Plugin system, backends can be added
File permissions
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
242 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Plugin
No
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
Plugin
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
4
Czech, German, English, French
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
No
No
Comments
No
No
No
Categories
Optional
No
Plugin
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
No
Links ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
CamelCase
Optional
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
No
Syntax Features ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Optional
Plugin
No
Quoting
Optional
No
No
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
None
Content Includes
No
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Usability ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Optional
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Optional
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
No
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim
Internal Link
[pagename]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
{title|url}
[[http://example.org|The title]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
''italics''
//italic//
//italic//
Underline Format
__under__
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
<s>strikethrough</s>
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
<sup>superscript</sup>
^{sup}
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
<sub>subscript</sub>
_{sub}
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
{{Image.png}}
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
not implemented
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
not implemented
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