PukiWiki vs. Wikidot

General Features PukiWiki Wikidot
Version
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
Author
PukiWiki Development Team
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
AGPLv3
Programming Language
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Hosting Features PukiWiki Wikidot
Storage Quota
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
no limit
Other Limits
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
Topic Restrictions
N/A
by Terms Of Service
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
System Requirements PukiWiki Wikidot
Operating System
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
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 Wikidot
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Oracle
No
Unknown
SQLite
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Unknown
Other
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam PukiWiki Wikidot
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
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
Development/Support PukiWiki Wikidot
# 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 Wikidot
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 Wikidot
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
2
English, Polish
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
No
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Links PukiWiki Wikidot
CamelCase
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Patch
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Syntax Features PukiWiki Wikidot
HTML Tags
Plugin
None
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
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Usability PukiWiki Wikidot
Section Editing
Patch
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Statistics PukiWiki Wikidot
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Output PukiWiki Wikidot
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
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 Wikidot
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras PukiWiki Wikidot
Calendar
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Optional
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PukiWiki Wikidot
Internal Link 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
 
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
External Link 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]

http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
Headlines 
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
 
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format 
''bold''
 
**bold text**
Italics Format 
'''italic'''
 
//italic text//
Underline Format 
%%%underlined%%%
 
__underlined text__
Monospace Format 
N/A
 
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format 
%%strikethrough%%
 
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format 
N/A
 
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format 
N/A
 
,,subscript,,
Images 
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
 
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text 
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
 
= Centered line
Text Indentation 
N/A
 
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2

* element 1
* element 2
Numbered Lists 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
 
# element 1
# element 1
Definition Lists 
:term|definition
 
: item : description
Horizontal Rule 
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