ProntoWiki vs. Wicked

General Features ProntoWiki Wicked
Version
1.0.1
2.0.8
Last Release Date
2026-10-16 (today)
2017-09-21 (9 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (20 years ago)
2018-10-15 (8 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
The Horde Project
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL 2
Programming Language
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
System Requirements ProntoWiki Wicked
Operating System
Windows
Any
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Any
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Text_Wiki from PEAR
Datastorage ProntoWiki Wicked
Text Files
Unknown
No
MySQL
Unknown
Yes
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Yes
Oracle
Unknown
Yes
SQLite
Unknown
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
RCS
Unknown
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
None
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki Wicked
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
25 different backends
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki Wicked
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
1 ⭐
Common Features ProntoWiki Wicked
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Special Features ProntoWiki Wicked
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
No
No
Categories
Optional
No
Namespaces
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Links ProntoWiki Wicked
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Syntax Features ProntoWiki Wicked
HTML Tags
Some
None
Math formulas
No
No
Tables
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
Optional
No
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
No
Content Includes
No
No
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Usability ProntoWiki Wicked
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics ProntoWiki Wicked
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output ProntoWiki Wicked
Printer Friendly
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Raw Export
No
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Media and Files ProntoWiki Wicked
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
No
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Extras ProntoWiki Wicked
Calendar
Unknown
Optional
Image Galleries
Unknown
Optional
Presentations
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Optional
Chat
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki Wicked
Internal Link
[pagename]
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
External Link
{title|url}
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
+ Level 1 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
''italics''
//italics//
Underline Format
__under__
@@+++ underline @@
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
@@--- strikethrough @@
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
Definition Lists
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
Horizontal Rule
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