PukiWiki vs. PodWiki

General Features PukiWiki PodWiki
Version
1.5.1
0.9.1
Last Release Date
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
PukiWiki Development Team
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
GPL / none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
average to advanced users
System Requirements PukiWiki PodWiki
Operating System
OS independent
Unix
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
apache
Other Requirements
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage PukiWiki PodWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam PukiWiki PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
builtin
Host Blocking
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
No
Blacklist
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support PukiWiki PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features PukiWiki PodWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features PukiWiki PodWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
No
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Links PukiWiki PodWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Patch
No
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Syntax Features PukiWiki PodWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Perl
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Usability PukiWiki PodWiki
Section Editing
Patch
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics PukiWiki PodWiki
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 PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PukiWiki PodWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
Plugin
Optional
Image Editing
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras PukiWiki PodWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Optional
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PukiWiki PodWiki
Internal Link 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
 
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]

L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines 
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
 
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format 
''bold''
 
B<bold>
Italics Format 
'''italic'''
 
I<italics>
Underline Format 
%%%underlined%%%
 
via html only
Monospace Format 
N/A
 
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format 
%%strikethrough%%
 
via html only
Superscript Format 
N/A
 
via html only
Subscript Format 
N/A
 
via html only
Images 
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
 
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text 
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
 
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation 
N/A
 
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2

=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
 
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists 
:term|definition
 
via html only
Horizontal Rule 
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