PukiWiki vs. PageWork vs. LionWiki

General Features PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
Version
1.5.1
0.4.8
3.2.4
Last Release Date
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
Author
PukiWiki Development Team
Pitt Murmann
Adam Živnéř
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPLv3
GPL v2
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
Medium-sized sites
advanced users, minimalists
System Requirements PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
Operating System
OS independent
Any
All PHP supported
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
Other Requirements
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Patch
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Proprietary
Host Blocking
Patch
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
Patch
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
Development/Support PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
No
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
2
German, English
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
No
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Yes
No
Links PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Optional
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Patch
No
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Optional
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript (plugin)
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
Section Editing
Patch
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Optional
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
HTML Export
No
Plugin
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
No
Extras PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Plugin
No
Blogs
Optional
Plugin
No
Ticket System
Optional
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PukiWiki PageWork LionWiki
Internal Link
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
External Link
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
http://lionwiki.0o.cz
[Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz]
Headlines
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
Bold Format
''bold''
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
'''bold''
Italics Format
'''italic'''
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
''italics''
Underline Format
%%%underlined%%%
This is __underlined__.
'__underline__'
Monospace Format
N/A
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
%%strikethrough%%
This is --not-- important.
'--strikethrough--'
Superscript Format
N/A
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
N/A
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
Images
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
[path_to_img.jpg]
Aligning Text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Text Indentation
N/A
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
Numbered Lists
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
Definition Lists
:term|definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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