ProWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. Zim

General Features ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Version
2.0.045
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
0.56
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MPL-2.0
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free!
0
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
Private users, small teams
System Requirements ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Operating System
Unix / Linux
Linux / Windows
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Anything PHP enabled
None
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)
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
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
Plugin
Other
n/a
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
None yet
File permissions
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
Development/Support ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
206 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
1
English
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
No
Links ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
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
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
None
Math formulas
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
No
No
Usability ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
No
Output ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
No
Extras ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Calendar
Yes
No
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
No
No
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki Pepperminty Wiki Zim
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[[Internal Link]]s
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
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)
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
# Headline
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**bold text**
**bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
_italics_
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
`code text`
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
~~strikethough text~~
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
sometext^superscript^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
sometext~subscript~
_{sub}
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
not implemented
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
> Blockquote
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. A
2. B
3. C
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
; term: definition
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
-------
not implemented
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