ProntoWiki vs. Git-Wiki vs. Zim vs. PageWork

General Features ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
Version
1.0.1
1.0
0.56
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2026-07-27 (today)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
Jaap Karssenberg
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
MIT
GPL
GPLv3
Programming Language
C#
Ruby
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Database
RCS
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Private users, small teams
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
Operating System
Windows
*nix
Linux, Windows, OSX
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
None
Any
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Ruby
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
Text Files
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
No
Patch
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
Yes
RCS
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Git
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
Plugin system, backends can be added
File permissions
Proprietary
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Yes
Development/Support ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
242 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
Preview
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Optional
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
2
German, English
Email notification
No
No
No
No
Comments
No
No
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Links ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
CamelCase
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Optional
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Features ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
None
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
none
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Optional
No
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
None
Content Includes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Yes
Usability ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
Statistics ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Optional
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
No
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Keywords
Extras ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki Git-Wiki Zim PageWork
Internal Link
[pagename]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
{title|url}
[[http://example.org|The title]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
=== Heading ===
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
**bold**
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
''italics''
//italic//
//italic//
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
__under__
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
``monospace``
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
<s>strikethrough</s>
~~strike~~
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
<sup>superscript</sup>
^{sup}
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
<sub>subscript</sub>
_{sub}
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
{{Image.png}}
{{./image.png}}
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
not implemented
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
indent with tabs
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
Definition Lists
not implemented
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
----
not implemented
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