ProntoWiki vs. GWiki

General Features ProntoWiki GWiki
Version
1.0.1
2.4.0
Last Release Date
2026-10-16 (today)
2018-06-15 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (20 years ago)
2018-10-16 (8 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
Roger Rene Kommer
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Apache License, Version 2.0
Programming Language
C#
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
System Requirements ProntoWiki GWiki
Operating System
Windows
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
All Java Servlet Container, included
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Java 1.8+
Datastorage ProntoWiki GWiki
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
Yes
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Yes
Oracle
Unknown
Yes
SQLite
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
RCS
Unknown
Plugin
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Google Datastore
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki GWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
Internal and external with adapter
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki GWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features ProntoWiki GWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features ProntoWiki GWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
2
German, English
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
Categories
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links ProntoWiki GWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ProntoWiki GWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Math formulas
No
No
Tables
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Yes
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
Optional
No
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
Content Includes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Usability ProntoWiki GWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Statistics ProntoWiki GWiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output ProntoWiki GWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Media and Files ProntoWiki GWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Extras ProntoWiki GWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki GWiki
Internal Link
[pagename]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
External Link
{title|url}
[http://example.com]
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
Bold Format
**bold**
*Bold Format*
Italics Format
''italics''
_Italic format_
Underline Format
__under__
+Unterlined+
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
-StrikeThrough-
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
^Superscript^
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
~Subscript~
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
Horizontal Rule
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