ProntoWiki vs. Wikidot vs. WikiNi vs. Friki

General Features ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
Version
1.0.1
0.5.0
2.1.1
Last Release Date
2026-09-13 (today)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2004-05-14 (22 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (20 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
Michal Frackowiak
Frank Carver
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
AGPLv3
GPL
ASL or LGPL
Programming Language
C#
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
End Users/Desktop, Education
private users and small teams
Hosting Features ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
Storage Quota
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
no limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
by Terms Of Service
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
Operating System
Windows
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Any that can run or call Java
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
Text Files
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Patch
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
No
Special Features ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
2
English, Polish
1
French
0
Email notification
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Comments
No
Threaded
Threaded
No
Categories
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Links ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Windows Shares
No
No
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
HTML Tags
Some
None
Optional
None
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Optional
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
Optional
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Unknown
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Patch
No
Usability ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Optional
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Yes
No
No
Output ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
No
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
No
No
Unknown
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
Calendar
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki Wikidot WikiNi Friki
Internal Link
[pagename]
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
External Link
{title|url}
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
[[ ]]
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
+++ headline level 3
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Bold Format
**bold**
**bold text**
** **
'''bold''
Italics Format
''italics''
//italic text//
// //
''italic''
Underline Format
__under__
__underlined text__
__ __
Monospace Format
{{monospaced text}}
## ##
monospace
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="..."]]
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
= Centered line
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
:        indented
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
* element 1
* element 2
-
-
-
* first
* second
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
# element 1
# element 1
1)
1)
1)
1. first
1. second
Definition Lists
: item : description
title:        description
Horizontal Rule
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