ProWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. PodWiki

General Features ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Version
2.0.045
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
0.9.1
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (20 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MPL-2.0
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free!
GPL / none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
average to advanced users
System Requirements ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Operating System
Unix / Linux
Linux / Windows
Unix
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Anything PHP enabled
apache
Other Requirements
none
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Yes
Other
n/a
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
None yet
builtin
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
Development/Support ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
207 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Unknown
Links ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Unknown
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
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Optional
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Yes
Usability ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
No
Output ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
No
Extras ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Calendar
Yes
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki PodWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[[Internal Link]]s
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
# Headline
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**bold text**
B<bold>
Italics Format
''italic''
_italics_
I<italics>
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
via html only
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
`code text`
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
~~strikethough text~~
via html only
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
sometext^superscript^
via html only
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
sometext~subscript~
via html only
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
> Blockquote
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. A
2. B
3. C
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists
; term: definition
via html only
Horizontal Rule
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