Wiki.js vs. PmWiki

General Features Wiki.js PmWiki
Version
2.5.299
2.5.5
Last Release Date
2023-06-03 (2 years ago)
2026-01-10 (20 days ago)
Last Update here
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
2026-01-10 (20 days ago)
Author
Nicolas Giard
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-v3
GPL2+
Programming Language
Javascript
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, other, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everyone
All
System Requirements Wiki.js PmWiki
Operating System
All
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
All
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
Node.js
none
Datastorage Wiki.js PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Optional
Plugin
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki.js PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Optional
Development/Support Wiki.js PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
27733 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki.js PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki.js PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
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
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
Email notification
No
Optional
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Links Wiki.js PmWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki.js PmWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
Markdown Support
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
JS, CSS
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Usability Wiki.js PmWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Statistics Wiki.js PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Optional
Orphaned Pages
No
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Analysis
Optional
Plugin
Output Wiki.js PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
Optional
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
Plugin
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
No
Plugin
Media and Files Wiki.js PmWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
No
Optional
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Extras Wiki.js PmWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Presentations
No
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
Blogs
No
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Chat
No
No
Syntax Examples Wiki.js PmWiki
Internal Link
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**Bold Text**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*Italic Text*
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>Underline Text</u>
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
`Monospace Code`
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
~~Strikethrough Text~~
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
^Superscript Text^
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
~Subscript Text~
'_subscript_'
Images
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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