ProntoWiki vs. PodWiki

General Features ProntoWiki PodWiki
Version
1.0.1
0.9.1
Last Release Date
2026-10-16 (today)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (20 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
C#
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
GPL / none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
System Requirements ProntoWiki PodWiki
Operating System
Windows
Unix
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
apache
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage ProntoWiki PodWiki
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
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
builtin
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki PodWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Optional
Plugin System
No
No
Special Features ProntoWiki PodWiki
Unicode Support
No
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Comments
No
Threaded
Categories
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links ProntoWiki PodWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ProntoWiki PodWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
No
Tables
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Yes
BBCode Support
Unknown
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Footnotes
Optional
No
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
Perl
Content Includes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Usability ProntoWiki PodWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics ProntoWiki PodWiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output ProntoWiki PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki PodWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Optional
Embedded Video
Unknown
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Extras ProntoWiki PodWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki PodWiki
Internal Link
[pagename]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link
{title|url}
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format
**bold**
B<bold>
Italics Format
''italics''
I<italics>
Underline Format
__under__
via html only
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
via html only
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
via html only
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
via html only
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists
via html only
Horizontal Rule
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