ProntoWiki vs. WikiWikiWiki

General Features ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Version
1.0.1
1.4.0
Last Release Date
2026-10-16 (today)
2026-03-31 (6 months ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (20 years ago)
2026-03-31 (6 months ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
Min Guhong
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
MIT
Programming Language
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Personal, small to medium communities
System Requirements ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Operating System
Windows
Any OS running PHP 8.2+
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Apache, Nginx (optional)
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
PHP 8.2+; required: json, mbstring, session, hash, pcre; optional: zip, intl
Datastorage ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
RCS
Unknown
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Search/related indexes cached in JSON (auto-rebuild on stale/invalid)
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
ACL
No
No
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
Yes
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Special Features ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
1
English
2
English, Korean
Email notification
No
No
Comments
No
No
Categories
Optional
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Math formulas
No
No
Tables
none
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Footnotes
Optional
Yes
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Usability ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Optional
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Media and Files ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Extras ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
No
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki WikiWikiWiki
Internal Link
[pagename]
[[Title]]
[[Title|Alias]]
[[Parent/Child]]
External Link
{title|url}
<https://...>
[Text](https://wikiwikiwiki.wiki)
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
# Headline 1
## Headline 2
### Headline 3
#### Headline 4
##### Headline 5
###### Headline 6
Bold Format
**bold**
**Text**
Italics Format
''italics''
*Text*
Underline Format
__under__
Monospace Format
`code`
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
~~Text~~
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
![](https://wikiwikiwiki.wiki/cherry.jpg)
(image: https://wikiwikiwiki.wiki/cherry.jpg)
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
> Quote
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
- Watermelon
- Melon
- Peach
- Fig
- Cherry
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
1. Watermelon
2. Melon
3. Peach
4. Fig
5. Cherry
Definition Lists
Term
: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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