ProntoWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. WiGit vs. WikyBlog

General Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit WikyBlog
Version
1.0.1
1.5.1
0.1
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2026-04-16 (today)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
PukiWiki Development Team
Remko Tronçon
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
C#
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
other
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
Private users
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit WikyBlog
Operating System
Windows
OS independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, anything with PHP
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
MySQL
Datastorage ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit WikyBlog
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Unknown
No
No
Yes
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
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit WikyBlog
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
No
Host Blocking
No
Patch
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Patch
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
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 WikyBlog
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit WikyBlog
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
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
No
Yes
No
No
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Threaded
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
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Links ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit WikyBlog
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
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit WikyBlog
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Some
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
none
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
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)
No
Content Includes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
No
Usability ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit WikyBlog
Section Editing
No
Patch
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Yes
Statistics ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Raw Export
No
Plugin
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
No
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit WikyBlog
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki PukiWiki WiGit WikyBlog
Internal Link
[pagename]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[InternalLink]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
{title|url}
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
h1. Headline
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
*Bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italics''
'''italic'''
_Italics_
''italic''
Underline Format
__under__
%%%underlined%%%
+underlined+
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
N/A
@monospace@
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
%%strikethrough%%
-strikethrough-
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
N/A
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
N/A
~subscript~
<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
!image.jpg!
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
>Right-aligned
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
N/A
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
:term|definition
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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