| General Features | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.0.1
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| Last Release Date |
2026-07-30 (today)
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| Last Update here |
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
|
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
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| Author |
Clay Alberty
|
Michal Frackowiak
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| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
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Yes
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| License |
BSD
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AGPLv3
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| Programming Language |
C#
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| Data Storage |
Database
|
Database
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| License Cost/ Fee |
Free
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Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
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| Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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| Intended Audience |
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
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| Hosting Features | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
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1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
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| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
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no limit
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| Other Limits |
N/A
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max uploaded file size limit
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| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
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by Terms Of Service
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| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
Yes
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| Own Domain |
N/A
|
Yes
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| Ads allowed |
N/A
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Yes
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| System Requirements | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| Operating System |
Windows
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| Root Access |
No
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No
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| Webserver |
IIS 5+
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| Other Requirements |
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
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| Datastorage | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| Text Files |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| MySQL |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| PostgreSQL |
Unknown
|
Yes
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| Oracle |
Unknown
|
Unknown
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| SQLite |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| BerkeleyDB |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| RCS |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| Other |
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
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| Security/Anti-Spam | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
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Yes
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| ACL |
No
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Yes
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| Authentication Backends |
.NET Membership platform
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| Host Blocking |
No
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Yes
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| Mail Encryption |
No
|
No
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| nofollow |
No
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Yes
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| Blacklist |
No
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Yes
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| CAPTCHA |
No
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Yes
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| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Yes
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| Development/Support | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
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Yes
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| Code Repository | ||
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel | ||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
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N/A
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| Common Features | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
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| Minor Changes |
No
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Yes
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| Change Summary |
No
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Yes
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| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
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| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
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| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
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| Sitemap |
Unknown
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Yes
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| Plugin System |
No
|
No
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| Special Features | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| Unicode Support |
No
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Yes
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| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
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Yes
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| Interface Languages |
1
English |
2
English, Polish |
| Email notification |
No
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Yes
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| Comments |
No
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Threaded
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| Categories |
Optional
|
Yes
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| Namespaces |
No
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Yes
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| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
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| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
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| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
Yes
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| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
Yes
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| Links | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
No
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| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
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| Backlinks |
No
|
Yes
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| InterWiki |
No
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Yes
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| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
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| Image Links |
Optional
|
Yes
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| Windows Shares |
No
|
No
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| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Yes
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| Syntax Features | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
None
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| Math formulas |
No
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Yes
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| Tables |
none
|
simple + complex
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| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
No
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| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
No
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| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
No
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| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
No
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| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
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| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
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| Footnotes |
Optional
|
Yes
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| Quoting |
Optional
|
Yes
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| Internal Comments |
No
|
Yes
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| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
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| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
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| Scripting |
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
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| Content Includes |
No
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Yes
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| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Yes
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| Usability | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
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| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
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| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
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| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
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| Statistics | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| Recent Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
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| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Yes
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| Most/Least Popular |
Optional
|
No
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| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
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| Analysis |
No
|
Yes
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| Output | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
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| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
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Optional
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| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
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| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
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| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
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| Auto-TOC |
No
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
Yes
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| HTML Export |
No
|
No
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| XML export |
No
|
No
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| PDF Export |
No
|
No
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| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
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| Media and Files | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
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| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
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| Embedded Flash |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
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| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
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| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
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| Media Search |
No
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| Extras | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
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| Forums |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
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| Syntax Examples | ProntoWiki | Wikidot |
| Internal Link |
[pagename] |
[[[page-name]]] or [[[page-name|anchor]]] |
| External Link |
{title|url} |
http://www.wikimatrix.org or [http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix] |
| Headlines |
!, !!, !!! |
+++ headline level 3 |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
**bold text** |
| Italics Format |
''italics'' |
//italic text// |
| Underline Format |
__under__ |
__underlined text__ |
| Monospace Format |
|
{{monospaced text}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
<<strike>> (using custom tags) |
--strikethrough text-- |
| Superscript Format |
<<super>> (using custom tags) |
^^superscript^^ |
| Subscript Format |
<<sub>> (using custom tags) |
,,subscript,, |
| Images |
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page |
[[image src="..."]] |
| Aligning Text |
available through custom tags |
= Centered line |
| Text Indentation |
multiple spaces -> |
> First level of indentation >> Second level of indentation. |
| Bulleted Lists |
+ ++ +++ ++++ |
* element 1 * element 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
# ## ### #### |
# element 1 # element 1 |
| Definition Lists |
|
: item : description |
| Horizontal Rule |
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