ProntoWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features ProntoWiki ikiwiki
Version
1.0.1
2.67
Last Release Date
2026-06-14 (today)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
C#
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
System Requirements ProntoWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Windows
Any
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Any, or none
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage ProntoWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
RCS
Unknown
Yes
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features ProntoWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Optional
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links ProntoWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ProntoWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Optional
No
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Usability ProntoWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics ProntoWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Optional
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output ProntoWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Optional
Embedded Video
Unknown
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Extras ProntoWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[pagename]
[[internal]]
External Link
{title|url}
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
''italics''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__under__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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