ProntoWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. WiGit vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Version
1.0.1
1.5.1
0.1
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2026-04-04 (today)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
PukiWiki Development Team
Remko Tronçon
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
GPLv2
Programming Language
C#
PHP
PHP
JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files
other
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
Private users
Advanced End Users
System Requirements ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
Windows
OS independent
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP 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.
Git
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Unknown
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
No
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Git repositories
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
No
Patch
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Patch
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
No
Minor Changes
No
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Between all
No
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
0
2
English, Italian
Email notification
No
Yes
No
No
Comments
No
Plugin
No
No
Categories
Optional
No
No
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Links ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Patch
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Some
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
none
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Optional
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
No
Usability ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
No
Patch
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
Statistics ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Unknown
Output ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Raw Export
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Extras ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
[pagename]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[InternalLink]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
{title|url}
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
h1. Headline
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
*Bold*
*bold text*
Italics Format
''italics''
'''italic'''
_Italics_
/italics text/
Underline Format
__under__
%%%underlined%%%
+underlined+
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
N/A
@monospace@
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
%%strikethrough%%
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
N/A
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
N/A
~subscript~
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
!image.jpg!
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
N/A
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
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