ProntoWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki

General Features ProntoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Version
1.0.1
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
Last Release Date
2026-10-16 (today)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (20 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
Starbeamrainbowlabs
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
MPL-2.0
Programming Language
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free!
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
System Requirements ProntoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Operating System
Windows
Linux / Windows
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Anything PHP enabled
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
Datastorage ProntoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
RCS
Unknown
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
n/a
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
None yet
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Development/Support ProntoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features ProntoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features ProntoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
Categories
Optional
Plugin
Namespaces
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links ProntoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
CamelCase
Optional
Unknown
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ProntoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
Optional
Tables
none
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Footnotes
Optional
Yes
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
Content Includes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Usability ProntoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
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 Pepperminty Wiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Optional
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Output ProntoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
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 Pepperminty Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Media Search
Keywords
Extras ProntoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
No
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Internal Link
[pagename]
[[Internal Link]]s
External Link
{title|url}
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
# Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold text**
Italics Format
''italics''
_italics_
Underline Format
__under__
Monospace Format
`code text`
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
~~strikethough text~~
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
sometext^superscript^
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
sometext~subscript~
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
> Blockquote
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
1. A
2. B
3. C
Definition Lists
Horizontal Rule
-------
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