| General Features | PukiWiki | BookStack |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.5.1
|
v21.12.1
|
| Last Release Date |
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
|
2022-01-06 (4 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
|
2022-01-08 (4 years ago)
|
| Author |
PukiWiki Development Team
|
Dan Brown
|
| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
|
MIT
|
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Files
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
One theme, one PukiWiki
|
Small to mid-size groups and businesses
|
| System Requirements | PukiWiki | BookStack |
| Operating System |
OS independent
|
Linux, Windows and Unix variants
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
Apache, Nginx or others with PHP support
|
| Other Requirements |
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
|
Command-line access, PHP7.3+
|
| Datastorage | PukiWiki | BookStack |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
No
|
| Other |
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
|
MariaDB
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | PukiWiki | BookStack |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
|
SAML2, LDAP, OIDC, ActiveDirectory, Google, GitHub, GitLab, AzureAD, Slack and more
|
| Host Blocking |
Patch
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Patch
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | PukiWiki | BookStack |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
No
|
| Code Repository | ||
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel |
#pukiwiki
|
|
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
19080 ⭐
|
| Common Features | PukiWiki | BookStack |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Restricted by Number
|
Restricted by Number
|
| Revision Diffs |
To current
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
No
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | PukiWiki | BookStack |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi |
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lettish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
No
|
| Comments |
Plugin
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
No
|
Optional
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Detection
|
Conflict Detection
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
No
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
No
|
| Links | PukiWiki | BookStack |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
No
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Patch
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | PukiWiki | BookStack |
| HTML Tags |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Tables |
complex
|
simple
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Optional
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
|
None
|
| Content Includes |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Usability | PukiWiki | BookStack |
| Section Editing |
Patch
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Patch
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | PukiWiki | BookStack |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
No
|
| Output | PukiWiki | BookStack |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS Feeds |
Plugin
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Plugin
|
No
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Yes
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media and Files | PukiWiki | BookStack |
| File Attachments |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Optional
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | PukiWiki | BookStack |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Forums |
Optional
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Optional
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
Optional
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | PukiWiki | BookStack |
| Internal Link |
PageNameAsWikiName [[PageName]] [[link text>PageName]] |
|
| External Link |
http://.... [[link text>http://....]] [[interwiki:keyphrase]] [[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]] |
|
| Headlines |
* Level 1 ** Level 2 *** Level 3 |
|
| Bold Format |
''bold'' |
|
| Italics Format |
'''italic''' |
|
| Underline Format |
%%%underlined%%% |
|
| Monospace Format |
N/A |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
%%strikethrough%% |
|
| Superscript Format |
N/A |
|
| Subscript Format |
N/A |
|
| Images |
#ref(pagename/filename[,option]) &ref(pagename/filename[,option]); &ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]); http://foo.bar/foo.jpg |
|
| Aligning Text |
CENTER:center RIGHT:right LEFT:left |
|
| Text Indentation |
N/A |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
- Item 1 -- Item 1.1 - Item 2 |
|
| Numbered Lists |
+ Item 1 ++ Item 1.1 + Item 2 |
|
| Definition Lists |
:term|definition |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
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|
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