ProntoWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. Wiki-Toolkit

General Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Version
1.0.1
1.5.1
0.12.0
0.72
Last Release Date
2026-04-24 (today)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2006-08-31 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2006-12-05 (19 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
PukiWiki Development Team
legolas558
Dominic Hargreaves
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPLv2
GPL/Artistic
Programming Language
C#
PHP
JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
Advanced End Users
Wiki Developers
System Requirements ProntoWiki PukiWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Operating System
Windows
OS independent
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Anything that runs Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
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.
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage ProntoWiki PukiWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Unknown
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
No
Yes
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)
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki PukiWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Supports per-page AES encryption
Plugin Interface
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 Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
#wiki-toolkit on irc.perl.org
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Plugin
Change Summary
No
No
No
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
No
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
No
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
2
English, Italian
0
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Categories
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Links ProntoWiki PukiWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
Patch
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Features ProntoWiki PukiWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
All
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
none
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Footnotes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Quoting
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Unknown
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Usability ProntoWiki PukiWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Section Editing
No
Patch
No
Unknown
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
Yes
Unknown
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Unknown
Statistics ProntoWiki PukiWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Plugin
No
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Unknown
Analysis
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Output ProntoWiki PukiWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
Unknown
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
No
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki PukiWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras ProntoWiki PukiWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Optional
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki PukiWiki Wiki on a Stick Wiki-Toolkit
Internal Link
[pagename]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
{title|url}
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
*bold text*
Italics Format
''italics''
'''italic'''
/italics text/
Underline Format
__under__
%%%underlined%%%
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
N/A
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
N/A
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
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
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
N/A
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
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