ProWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Version
2.0.045
Pleiades-M45
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
team
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
LGPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
corporate and special interest groups
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Unix / Linux
Unix/Linux
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
none
perl 4 or newer
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Apache
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Yes
No
Links ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Patch
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
Output ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Optional
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Plugin
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
No
Extras ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link 
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
 
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link 
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
 
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines 
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
 
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format 
'''bold'''
 
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
''bold''
Italics Format 
''italic''
 
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
'''italic'''
Underline Format 
<u>underlined</u>
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format 
<tt>monospace</tt>
 
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
 
N/A
Strikethrough Format 
[[strike]strikethrough text]
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format 
<sup>text</sup>
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
N/A
Subscript Format 
<sub>text</sub>
 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
N/A
Images 
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]

insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
#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]
 
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation 
: indented line
:: indented line
 
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
N/A
Bulleted Lists 
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
 
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists 
# numbered list
## numbered list
 
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists 
; term: definition
 
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule 
----
 
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
 
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