ThoughtFarmer vs. PmWiki vs. ProntoWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. MojoMojo

General Features ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
Version
6.0
2.5.5
1.0.1
6.2.0
1.02
Last Release Date
2013-01-22 (13 years ago)
2026-01-10 (20 days ago)
2026-01-30 (today)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2010-08-30 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-01-22 (13 years ago)
2026-01-10 (20 days ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2010-09-01 (15 years ago)
Author
OpenRoad Communications Ltd
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Clay Alberty
WackoWiki Team
Marcus Ramberg et al. (open-source)
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Commercial
GPL2+
BSD
BSD
Artistic License
Programming Language
ASP.NET C#
PHP
C#
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$119/user (hosted), $10/user (cloud)
0
Free
0
FREE
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Intranet, Corporate, Private
All
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Wiki, CMS, Blog users
System Requirements ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
Operating System
Windows Server 2008, 2012
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows
OS Independent
Any OS that runs Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
IIS 5+
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Has its own server; can run with any web server
Other Requirements
none
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
mod_rewrite (optional)
Catalyst
Datastorage ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
MySQL
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
No
Patch
SQLite
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Other
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2010
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory, Open Directory, or Custom Modules
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
.NET Membership platform
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Patch
Optional
No
Optional
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
No
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
54 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
11
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Turkish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
11
Catalan, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian
Email notification
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
No
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Patch
No
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Links ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
CamelCase
No
Optional
Optional
Optional
No
Freelinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Some
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
none
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
No
Scripting
javascript (optional)
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
Section Editing
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Patch
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Statistics ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Patch
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Output ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Optional
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Optional
No
No
Unknown
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Contents
Extras ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
No
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples ThoughtFarmer PmWiki ProntoWiki WackoWiki MojoMojo
Internal Link
wysiwyg rich text editor
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
[pagename]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[another page]]
External Link
wysiwyg rich text editor
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
{title|url}
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Markdown:
[Link text](http://example.com)

Textile:
"link text":http://example.com
Headlines
wysiwyg rich text editor
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
!, !!, !!!
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Mardown:
#Heading 1

Textile:
h1. Heading 1
Bold Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
'''bold'''
**bold**
**bold**
Markdown: **bold**

Textile: *bold*
Italics Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
''italic''
''italics''
//italics//
_italics_
Underline Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
{+underlined+}
__under__
__underline__
Textile: _underline_
Markdown: use HTML
Monospace Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
@@monospace@@
##monospace##
Markdown:
`command line example`

Textile:
@command line example@
Strikethrough Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
{-strikethrough-}
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
--strikethrough--
Textile:
normal text -striked- normal text
Superscript Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
'^superscript^'
<<super>> (using custom tags)
^^superscript^^
Textile: ^superscript^
Subscript Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
'_subscript_'
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
vvsubscriptvv
Textile: ~subscript~
Images
wysiwyg rich text editor
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Markdown:
![alt text](/image/path "title text")

Textile:
!http://example.com/image.png!
Aligning Text
wysiwyg rich text editor
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
available through custom tags
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Textile:
< right
> left
= center
<> justify
Text Indentation
wysiwyg rich text editor
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
one
two
Textile:
> text
Bulleted Lists
wysiwyg rich text editor
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
+
++
+++
++++
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* an item
* another item
Numbered Lists
wysiwyg rich text editor
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
#
##
###
####
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# item 1
# item 2
Definition Lists
wysiwyg rich text editor
: term : definition
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Textile:
dl. title:data goes here
Horizontal Rule
wysiwyg rich text editor
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<hr />
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