SubWiki vs. ProWiki vs. PodWiki vs. WikiNi

General Features SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
Version
0.1-dev
2.0.045
0.9.1
0.5.0
Last Release Date
no official
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
Author
Greg Stein
Helmut Leitner
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Academic Free License
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Python
Perl
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
RCS
Files
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
GPL / none
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
Development status
Alpha
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
average to advanced users
End Users/Desktop, Education
System Requirements SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix / Linux
Unix
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
apache
Other Requirements
none
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Other
No
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Patch
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
No
Yes
Special Features SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
Unicode Support
No
Yes
No
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
1
English
1
French
Email notification
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Comments
No
No
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
No
Patch
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Links SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Windows Shares
No
No
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
HTML Tags
None
Some
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
None
Perl
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
No
Yes
Patch
Usability SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
No
Output SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Unknown
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Extras SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples SubWiki ProWiki PodWiki WikiNi
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
L<http://www.daemon.de>
[[ ]]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
=head1 The Weather
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
B<bold>
** **
Italics Format
''italic''
''italic''
I<italics>
// //
Underline Format
N/A
<u>underlined</u>
via html only
__ __
Monospace Format
{{monospaced}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
put a space in front of monospaced text
## ##
Strikethrough Format
N/A
[[strike]strikethrough text]
via html only
@@ @@
Superscript Format
N/A
<sup>text</sup>
via html only
Subscript Format
N/A
<sub>text</sub>
via html only
Images
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
N/A
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
N/A
: indented line
:: indented line
via stylesheet only
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
=over

=item* listitem

=back
-
-
-
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
# numbered list
## numbered list
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
1)
1)
1)
Definition Lists
N/A
; term: definition
via html only
Horizontal Rule
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