ProntoWiki vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. WikyBlog

General Features ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Version
1.0.1
0.12.0
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2026-04-18 (today)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
legolas558
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPLv2
GPL
Programming Language
C#
JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Operating System
Windows
OS Independent (Browser Application)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Apache, anything with PHP
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
JavaScript-capable browser
MySQL
Datastorage ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Text Files
Unknown
No
No
MySQL
Unknown
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
Supports per-page AES encryption
No
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
2
English, Italian
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
No
No
No
Comments
No
No
Threaded
Categories
Optional
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
CamelCase
Optional
No
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Features ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
HTML Tags
Some
All
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Yes
Footnotes
Optional
Plugin
No
Quoting
Optional
Unknown
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
No
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
No
Usability ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Optional
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Unknown
No
Output ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
No
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Extras ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki Wiki on a Stick WikyBlog
Internal Link
[pagename]
[[WoaS test page]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
{title|url}
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold text*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italics''
/italics text/
''italic''
Underline Format
__under__
_underlined text_
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
[[Image::woas.png]]
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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