ProntoWiki vs. Wiki CSharp .NET vs. Git-Wiki vs. PageWork

General Features ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
Version
1.0.1
0.4.2
1.0
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2026-07-27 (today)
2009-12-31 (16 years ago)
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2010-04-07 (16 years ago)
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
Pier-Luc Duchaine
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL V3
MIT
GPLv3
Programming Language
C#
C# (Full), PHP (Viewer)
Ruby
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free
none
Development status
Mature
Pre-Alpha
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, small and big team
Private, Public
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
Operating System
Windows
Windows
*nix
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Any
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Ruby
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
No
Patch
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
Yes
RCS
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Git
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
Plugin system, backends can be added
Proprietary
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Yes
Development/Support ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
242 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
Preview
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
4
Czech, German, English, French
2
German, English
Email notification
No
Unknown
No
No
Comments
No
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Namespaces
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Links ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
CamelCase
Optional
No
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Unknown
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
HTML Tags
Some
All
Plugin
All
Math formulas
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
none
simple
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
Content Includes
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Usability ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
Section Editing
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Unknown
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Unknown
No
No
Statistics ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
Recent Changes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Unknown
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Unknown
No
No
Analysis
No
Unknown
No
No
Output ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
No
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
No
Unknown
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
File Attachments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
Extras ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki Wiki CSharp .NET Git-Wiki PageWork
Internal Link
[pagename]
[Internal]
[[Internal][Displayed text]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
{title|url}
[http://...]
[[http://...][Displayed text]]
[[http://example.org|The title]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
+Header1
++Header2
+++Header3
++++Header4
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Bold Format
**bold**
*Bold*
**bold**
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
''italics''
=Italic=
//italic//
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
__under__
_Underline_
<u>underlined</u>
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
[|Monospace formate|]
<tt>monospace</tt>
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
-Strike-
<s>strikethrough</s>
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
<sup>superscript</sup>
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
<sub>subscript</sub>
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
[$Image file$]
{{Image.png}}
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
-list1
--list2
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
#list1
##list2
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
Definition Lists
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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