| General Features | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.0.1
|
1.5.1
|
TWiki-6.1.0
|
| Last Release Date |
2026-04-04 (today)
|
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
|
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
|
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
|
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
|
| Author |
Clay Alberty
|
PukiWiki Development Team
|
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
BSD
|
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
|
GPL
|
| Programming Language |
C#
|
PHP
|
Perl, JavaScript
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Files
|
Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
0
|
N/A
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
One theme, one PukiWiki
|
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
|
|
| System Requirements | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
| Operating System |
Windows
|
OS independent
|
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
IIS 5+
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
|
| 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.
|
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
| Datastorage | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
| 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)
|
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
.NET Membership platform
|
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
|
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Development/Support | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel |
#pukiwiki
|
||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Restricted by Number
|
Unlimited
|
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
To current
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi |
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
No
|
Plugin
|
Threaded
|
| Categories |
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Detection
|
Conflict Resolution
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Links | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Links |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Features | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
Plugin
|
All
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
none
|
complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Optional
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
|
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
|
|
| Content Includes |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Usability | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Analysis |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Output | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Auto-TOC |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Embedded Video |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Contents
|
|
| Extras | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | ProntoWiki | PukiWiki | TWiki |
| Internal Link |
[pagename] |
PageNameAsWikiName [[PageName]] [[link text>PageName]] |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
| External Link |
{title|url} |
http://.... [[link text>http://....]] [[interwiki:keyphrase]] [[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]] |
http://twiki.org/ autolink [[http://twiki.org/][label]] |
| Headlines |
!, !!, !!! |
* Level 1 ** Level 2 *** Level 3 |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
''bold'' |
*bold* |
| Italics Format |
''italics'' |
'''italic''' |
_italic_ |
| Underline Format |
__under__ |
%%%underlined%%% |
<u>underline</u> |
| Monospace Format |
|
N/A |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
| Strikethrough Format |
<<strike>> (using custom tags) |
%%strikethrough%% |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
| Superscript Format |
<<super>> (using custom tags) |
N/A |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
<<sub>> (using custom tags) |
N/A |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
| 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 |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png http://any.domain/image.png |
| Aligning Text |
available through custom tags |
CENTER:center RIGHT:right LEFT:left |
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
| Text Indentation |
multiple spaces -> |
N/A |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
| 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 |
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
|
:term|definition |
$ Term: Definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
|
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| remove ProntoWiki | remove PukiWiki | remove TWiki |