PukiWiki vs. ProWiki

General Features PukiWiki ProWiki
Version
1.5.1
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
PukiWiki Development Team
Helmut Leitner
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
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements PukiWiki ProWiki
Operating System
OS independent
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
none
Datastorage PukiWiki ProWiki
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)
Security/Anti-Spam PukiWiki ProWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Patch
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support PukiWiki ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features PukiWiki ProWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features PukiWiki ProWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
No
Categories
No
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
Links PukiWiki ProWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Patch
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Syntax Features PukiWiki ProWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Usability PukiWiki ProWiki
Section Editing
Patch
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Statistics PukiWiki ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Output PukiWiki ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PukiWiki ProWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras PukiWiki ProWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Optional
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PukiWiki ProWiki
Internal Link 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
 
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]

http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines 
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
 
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format 
''bold''
 
'''bold'''
Italics Format 
'''italic'''
 
''italic''
Underline Format 
%%%underlined%%%
 
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format 
N/A
 
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format 
%%strikethrough%%
 
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format 
N/A
 
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format 
N/A
 
<sub>text</sub>
Images 
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
 
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text 
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
 
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation 
N/A
 
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2

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