ProntoWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. SubWiki

General Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Version
1.0.1
1.5.1
0.1-dev
Last Release Date
2026-06-04 (today)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
no official
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
PukiWiki Development Team
Greg Stein
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Academic Free License
Programming Language
C#
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database
Files
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Operating System
Windows
OS independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
Yes
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
No
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
No
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Optional
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Categories
Optional
No
Unknown
Namespaces
No
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
No
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Patch
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
none
complex
none
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Optional
Yes
No
Quoting
Optional
Optional
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
None
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Unknown
Usability ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Section Editing
No
Patch
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
No
Raw Export
No
Plugin
No
HTML Export
No
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
No
Extras ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki PukiWiki SubWiki
Internal Link
[pagename]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
{title|url}
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italics''
'''italic'''
''italic''
Underline Format
__under__
%%%underlined%%%
N/A
Monospace Format
N/A
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
%%strikethrough%%
N/A
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
N/A
N/A
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
N/A
N/A
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
N/A
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
N/A
N/A
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
:term|definition
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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