ProWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
Version
2.0.045
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.67
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Any
Anyone
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Unix / Linux
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any, or none
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
none
various opt. helpers
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
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
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Patch
Unknown
No
Links ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Features ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
No
Statistics ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Output ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
No
Extras ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
Calendar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Yes
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki PhpWiki ikiwiki PukiWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[internal]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[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 =
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
Italics Format
''italic''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
'''italic'''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
N/A
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
<strike>striked through</strike>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
N/A
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
N/A
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
#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]
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* list
or
- list
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
# 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
Term:<def>
def
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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