| General Features | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.0.045
|
2.67
|
N/A
|
1.5.1
|
| Last Release Date |
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
|
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
|
N/A
|
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
|
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
|
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
|
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
|
| Author |
Helmut Leitner
|
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
|
BrainKeeper, Inc.
|
PukiWiki Development Team
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
GPL
|
N/A
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GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
|
| Programming Language |
Perl
|
Perl
|
N/A
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Files
|
Files, RCS
|
N/A
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
N/A
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
|
Anyone
|
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
|
One theme, one PukiWiki
|
| Hosting Features | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Unlimited
|
N/A
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Unlimited
|
N/A
|
| Other Limits |
N/A
|
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
N/A
|
No Restrictions
|
N/A
|
| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Own Domain |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Ads allowed |
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
| System Requirements | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| Operating System |
Unix / Linux
|
Any
|
N/A
|
OS independent
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
|
Any, or none
|
N/A
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
| Other Requirements |
none
|
N/A
|
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
|
|
| Datastorage | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| RCS |
Yes
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Other |
N/A
|
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
|
||
| Security/Anti-Spam | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
|
N/A
|
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
No
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository |
N/A
|
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| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel |
#pukiwiki
|
|||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Restricted by Number
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
To current
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian |
1
English |
1
English |
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
No
|
Discussion Pages
|
Flat
|
Plugin
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Detection
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Links | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
Optional
|
Some
|
Plugin
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Internal Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
|
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
|
||
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Statistics | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Output | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Themes & Skins |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| SVG Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Filenames only
|
Contents
|
No
|
| Extras | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | ProWiki | ikiwiki | BrainKeeper | PukiWiki |
| Internal Link |
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink] |
[[internal]] |
|
PageNameAsWikiName [[PageName]] [[link text>PageName]] |
| External Link |
http://example.org InterWiki:page [some:link labelforlink] |
[link text](http://example.org) |
|
http://.... [[link text>http://....]] [[interwiki:keyphrase]] [[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]] |
| Headlines |
= Headline 1 = == Headline 2 = === Headline 3 = ==== Headline 4 = ===== Headline 5 = ====== Headline 6 = |
Two syntaxes: # heading 1 ## heading 2 ### heading 3 heading 1 ========= heading 2 --------- |
|
* Level 1 ** Level 2 *** Level 3 |
| Bold Format |
'''bold''' |
**bold** __bold__ |
|
''bold'' |
| Italics Format |
''italic'' |
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
|
'''italic''' |
| Underline Format |
<u>underlined</u> |
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
|
%%%underlined%%% |
| Monospace Format |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
`inline monospace` indented block of monospaced text tab-indented block |
|
N/A |
| Strikethrough Format |
[[strike]strikethrough text] |
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
|
%%strikethrough%% |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>text</sup> |
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
|
N/A |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>text</sub> |
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
|
N/A |
| Images |
http://example.org/file.jpg Upload:file.gif [[Image]...options...] |
  |
|
#ref(pagename/filename[,option]) &ref(pagename/filename[,option]); &ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]); http://foo.bar/foo.jpg |
| Aligning Text |
only as part of tables or citations [align:left|center|right] |
|
|
CENTER:center RIGHT:right LEFT:left |
| Text Indentation |
: indented line :: indented line |
|
|
N/A |
| Bulleted Lists |
* bulleted list ** bulleted list |
* item 1 * item 2 * item 2.1 * item 2.2 |
|
- Item 1 -- Item 1.1 - Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
# numbered list ## numbered list |
1. item 1 2. item 2 1. item 1.1 42. the value doesn't matter 1. any value works |
|
+ Item 1 ++ Item 1.1 + Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
; term: definition |
via HTML: <dl> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd> </dl> |
|
:term|definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
--- *** ___ ------------------ Any number > 3 - - - - - - - - - - spaces don't matter |
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