Pwic.wiki vs. Wiki.js vs. Zim

General Features Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
Version
1.2
2.5.299
0.56
Last Release Date
2024-06-24 (1 year ago)
2023-06-03 (3 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-06-24 (1 year ago)
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Team Pwic.wiki
Nicolas Giard
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU Affero General Public License version 3
AGPL-v3
GPL
Programming Language
Python
Javascript
Python
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, other, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Personal, IT consultancy, Software development, Small to medium companies
Everyone
Private users, small teams
System Requirements Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS
All
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Stand-alone (Python aiohttp)
All
None
Other Requirements
Node.js
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Optional
Plugin
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Salted password, OAuth2 (Google, Microsoft, Github), 2FA TOTP
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
File permissions
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
No
Blacklist
Patch
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
Development/Support Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
20 ⭐
28432 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Optional
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
3
German, English, French
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Patch
No
No
Comments
No
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
No
Links Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Patch
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Patch
No
No
Syntax Features Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
HTML Tags
Some
All
None
Math formulas
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
External API for automation and bots
JS, CSS
None
Content Includes
Patch
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
No
No
Usability Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Optional
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Optional
No
Statistics Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Patch
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Optional
No
Output Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
No
Office Export
Optional
No
Unknown
Media and Files Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Extras Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
Calendar
No
No
Yes
Image Galleries
No
No
No
Presentations
No
No
Unknown
Forums
No
No
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Pwic.wiki Wiki.js Zim
Internal Link
[Paragraph](#p_1_1)
[Page](/project/page)
[Attachment](/special/document/1)
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
[Link](https://pwic.wiki/en)
<https://pwic.wiki/en>
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
# Title 1
## Title 2
### Title 3
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
**bold**
**Bold Text**
**bold**
Italics Format
*italics*
*Italic Text*
//italic//
Underline Format
--underline--
<u>Underline Text</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
`keyword`

```python
print('Block of code')
```
`Monospace Code`
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
~~strikethrough~~
~~Strikethrough Text~~
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
x<sup>2</sup> (trick)
^Superscript Text^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
x<sub>2</sub> (trick)
~Subscript Text~
_{sub}
Images
![Caption](/special/document/1 "Image").
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
not implemented
Text Indentation
> Block line 1
> Block line 2
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 1.1
- Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
1. Line 1
2. Line 2
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
---
---
not implemented
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