| General Features | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.0.045
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N/A
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N/A
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2.67
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| Last Release Date |
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
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N/A
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N/A
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2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
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| Last Update here |
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
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2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
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2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
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2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
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| Author |
Helmut Leitner
|
BrainKeeper, Inc.
|
PBworks
|
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
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N/A
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N/A
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Yes
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| License |
GPL
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N/A
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N/A
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GPL
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| Programming Language |
Perl
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N/A
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N/A
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Perl
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| Data Storage |
Files
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N/A
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N/A
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Files, RCS
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| License Cost/ Fee |
0
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from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
|
Determined by Solution Needs
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0
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| Development status |
Mature
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N/A
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N/A
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Mature
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| Intended Audience |
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
|
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
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Business Enterprises
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Anyone
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| Hosting Features | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
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Unlimited
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No limit
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N/A
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| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
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Unlimited
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No limit
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N/A
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| Other Limits |
N/A
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None
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None
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N/A
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| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
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No Restrictions
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None
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N/A
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| Corporate Branding |
N/A
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Yes
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Yes
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N/A
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| Own Domain |
N/A
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Yes
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Yes
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N/A
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| Ads allowed |
N/A
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No
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Yes
|
N/A
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| System Requirements | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Operating System |
Unix / Linux
|
N/A
|
N/A
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Any
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| Root Access |
No
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N/A
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N/A
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No
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| Webserver |
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
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N/A
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N/A
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Any, or none
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| Other Requirements |
none
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N/A
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N/A
|
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| Datastorage | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
N/A
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N/A
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Yes
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| MySQL |
No
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N/A
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N/A
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No
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| PostgreSQL |
No
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N/A
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N/A
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No
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| Oracle |
No
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N/A
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N/A
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No
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| SQLite |
No
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N/A
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N/A
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No
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| BerkeleyDB |
No
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N/A
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N/A
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No
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| RCS |
Yes
|
N/A
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N/A
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Yes
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| Other |
N/A
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N/A
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| Security/Anti-Spam | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| ACL |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Authentication Backends |
N/A
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N/A
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Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
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|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
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Unknown
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Optional
|
Yes
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| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
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Yes
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| nofollow |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
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| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
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| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
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| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
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No
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No
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| Development/Support | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
N/A
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N/A
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No
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| Code Repository |
N/A
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N/A
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| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel | ||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Common Features | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
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| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
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Unlimited
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| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Special Features | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian |
1
English |
1
English |
1
English |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Comments |
No
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Discussion Pages
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
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| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
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Unknown
|
Unknown
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| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
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| Structured Data |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
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| Links | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Backlinks |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| SisterWiki |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Windows Shares |
No
|
Yes
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Optional
|
Yes
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| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
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| Syntax Features | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
Some
|
All
|
Optional
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| Math formulas |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
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| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
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| CREOLE support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
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| Markdown Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
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| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
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| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Internal Comments |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| FAQ Tags |
No
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
Javascript
|
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
|
||
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
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| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Output | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Contents
|
Contents
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | ProWiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki |
| Internal Link |
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink] |
|
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link] |
[[internal]] |
| External Link |
http://example.org InterWiki:page [some:link labelforlink] |
|
[http://www.externallink.com] |
[link text](http://example.org) |
| Headlines |
= Headline 1 = == Headline 2 = === Headline 3 = ==== Headline 4 = ===== Headline 5 = ====== Headline 6 = |
|
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 !!!!!! Level 6 |
Two syntaxes: # heading 1 ## heading 2 ### heading 3 heading 1 ========= heading 2 --------- |
| Bold Format |
'''bold''' |
|
**bold** |
**bold** __bold__ |
| Italics Format |
''italic'' |
|
''italics'' |
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
| Underline Format |
<u>underlined</u> |
|
__underline__ |
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
| Monospace Format |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
|
<code>monospace</code> |
`inline monospace` indented block of monospaced text tab-indented block |
| Strikethrough Format |
[[strike]strikethrough text] |
|
-strikethrough- |
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>text</sup> |
|
<sup>superscript</sup> |
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>text</sub> |
|
<sub>subscript</sub> |
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
| Images |
http://example.org/file.jpg Upload:file.gif [[Image]...options...] |
|
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg |
  |
| Aligning Text |
only as part of tables or citations [align:left|center|right] |
|
<left>, <center>, <right> |
|
| Text Indentation |
: indented line :: indented line |
|
Indented block |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
* bulleted list ** bulleted list |
|
* Bullet #1 * Bullet #2 ** SubBullet #1 |
* item 1 * item 2 * item 2.1 * item 2.2 |
| Numbered Lists |
# numbered list ## numbered list |
|
# Number #1 # Number #2 |
1. item 1 2. item 2 1. item 1.1 42. the value doesn't matter 1. any value works |
| Definition Lists |
; term: definition |
|
<dl> </dl> |
via HTML: <dl> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd> </dl> |
| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
|
--- |
--- *** ___ ------------------ Any number > 3 - - - - - - - - - - spaces don't matter |
| remove ProWiki | remove BrainKeeper | remove PBwiki | remove ikiwiki |