ProWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2.0.045
1.5.1
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
PukiWiki Development Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files
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
One theme, one PukiWiki
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Unix / Linux
OS independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
none
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
A common browser
Datastorage ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Yes
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
No
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
Yes
Links ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Features ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Plugin
Usability ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Patch
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Plugin
Output ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
Optional
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link 
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
 
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link 
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]

http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines 
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
 
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
 
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format 
'''bold'''
 
''bold''
 
''bold''
Italics Format 
''italic''
 
'''italic'''
 
//italic//
Underline Format 
<u>underlined</u>
 
%%%underlined%%%
 
__underline__
Monospace Format 
<tt>monospace</tt>
 
N/A
 
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format 
[[strike]strikethrough text]
 
%%strikethrough%%
 
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format 
<sup>text</sup>
 
N/A
 
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format 
<sub>text</sub>
 
N/A
 
~~subscript~~
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
 
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text 
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
 
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
 
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation 
: indented line
:: indented line
 
N/A
 
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists 
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2

* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists 
# numbered list
## numbered list
 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
 
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists 
; term: definition
 
:term|definition
 
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule 
----
 
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