PukiWiki vs. UseMod vs. PageWork

General Features PukiWiki UseMod PageWork
Version
1.5.1
1.2.2
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
PukiWiki Development Team
Clifford Adams
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
GPLv3
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements PukiWiki UseMod PageWork
Operating System
OS independent
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Any
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 UseMod PageWork
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Patch
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
RCS
No
No
No
Other
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
No
Security/Anti-Spam PukiWiki UseMod PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Proprietary
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
nofollow
Yes
Patch
Yes
Blacklist
Patch
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Development/Support PukiWiki UseMod PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PukiWiki UseMod PageWork
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features PukiWiki UseMod PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
0
2
German, English
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
Plugin
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
No
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Yes
Links PukiWiki UseMod PageWork
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Optional
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Patch
No
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features PukiWiki UseMod PageWork
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple
simple
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Optional
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
None
Content Includes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Usability PukiWiki UseMod PageWork
Section Editing
Patch
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
Patch
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics PukiWiki UseMod PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Patch
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output PukiWiki UseMod PageWork
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
No
Plugin
HTML Export
No
No
Plugin
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PukiWiki UseMod PageWork
File Attachments
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
No
Keywords
Extras PukiWiki UseMod PageWork
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PukiWiki UseMod PageWork
Internal Link
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Headlines
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Bold Format
''bold''
'''bold'''
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
'''italic'''
''italic''
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
%%%underlined%%%
<u>underline</u>
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
N/A
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
%%strikethrough%%
N/A
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
N/A
<sup>superscript</sup>
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
N/A
<sub>subscript</sub>
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
http://url.com/pic.gif
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
Aligning Text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
N/A
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Text Indentation
N/A
: indented
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
Numbered Lists
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
Definition Lists
:term|definition
;Term:Definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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