PukiWiki vs. ThoughtFarmer

General Features PukiWiki ThoughtFarmer
Version
1.5.1
6.0
Last Release Date
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2013-01-22 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2013-01-22 (13 years ago)
Author
PukiWiki Development Team
OpenRoad Communications Ltd
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
No
License
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Commercial
Programming Language
PHP
ASP.NET C#
Data Storage
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
$119/user (hosted), $10/user (cloud)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
Intranet, Corporate, Private
System Requirements PukiWiki ThoughtFarmer
Operating System
OS independent
Windows Server 2008, 2012
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
IIS
Other Requirements
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage PukiWiki ThoughtFarmer
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
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)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2010
Security/Anti-Spam PukiWiki ThoughtFarmer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Active Directory, Open Directory, or Custom Modules
Host Blocking
Patch
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Patch
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Development/Support PukiWiki ThoughtFarmer
# 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 ThoughtFarmer
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
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features PukiWiki ThoughtFarmer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
11
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Turkish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Flat
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
Yes
Links PukiWiki ThoughtFarmer
CamelCase
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
No
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Syntax Features PukiWiki ThoughtFarmer
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
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
No
Quoting
Optional
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
javascript (optional)
Content Includes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Usability PukiWiki ThoughtFarmer
Section Editing
Patch
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics PukiWiki ThoughtFarmer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Yes
Output PukiWiki ThoughtFarmer
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
No
HTML Export
No
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PukiWiki ThoughtFarmer
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras PukiWiki ThoughtFarmer
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Optional
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PukiWiki ThoughtFarmer
Internal Link 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
External Link 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]

wysiwyg rich text editor
Headlines 
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
Bold Format 
''bold''
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
Italics Format 
'''italic'''
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
Underline Format 
%%%underlined%%%
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
Monospace Format 
N/A
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
Strikethrough Format 
%%strikethrough%%
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
Superscript Format 
N/A
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
Subscript Format 
N/A
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
Images 
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
Aligning Text 
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
Text Indentation 
N/A
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
Bulleted Lists 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2

wysiwyg rich text editor
Numbered Lists 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
Definition Lists 
:term|definition
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
Horizontal Rule 
--------------------
 
wysiwyg rich text editor
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