| General Features | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.12.0
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0.56
|
2.6.0
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| Last Release Date |
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
|
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
|
2026-05-16 (29 days ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
|
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
|
2026-05-16 (29 days ago)
|
| Author |
legolas558
|
Jaap Karssenberg
|
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPLv2
|
GPL
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GPL2+
|
| Programming Language |
JavaScript
|
Python
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Files
|
Files, RCS
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Advanced End Users
|
Private users, small teams
|
All
|
| System Requirements | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
| Operating System |
OS Independent (Browser Application)
|
Linux, Windows, OSX
|
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
None
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
|
|
| Other Requirements |
JavaScript-capable browser
|
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
|
none
|
| Datastorage | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
| Text Files |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Other |
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
|
Text Files with index in SQLite
|
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Supports per-page AES encryption
|
File permissions
|
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
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| nofollow |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Development/Support | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel | |||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
| Preview |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
None
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
No
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Interface Languages |
2
English, Italian |
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 |
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
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Comments |
No
|
No
|
Discussion Pages
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Links | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
| CamelCase |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
None
|
Plugin
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
none
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Footnotes |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
JavaScript
|
None
|
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Analysis |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Output | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Abbreviations |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Media and Files | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Embedded Video |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| SVG Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
Filenames only
|
No
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | Wiki on a Stick | Zim | PmWiki |
| Internal Link |
[[WoaS test page]] |
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage |
[[page name]] [[page name | link text]] [[link text -> page name]] [[#anchor]] [[#anchor|link to anchor]] [[page name #anchor]] |
| External Link |
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]] |
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org ftp://somehost/share \\host\share\.. |
http://.... [[http://... | link text]] [[link text -> http://...]] |
| Headlines |
= Header 1 == Header 2 === Header 3 |
=== Heading === |
! Level 1 !!#anchor Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
| Bold Format |
*bold text* |
**bold** |
'''bold''' |
| Italics Format |
/italics text/ |
//italic// |
''italic'' |
| Underline Format |
_underlined text_ |
__underline__ |
{+underlined+} |
| Monospace Format |
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}} |
``monospace`` |
@@monospace@@ |
| Strikethrough Format |
|
~~strike~~ |
{-strikethrough-} |
| Superscript Format |
|
^{sup} |
'^superscript^' |
| Subscript Format |
|
_{sub} |
'_subscript_' |
| Images |
[[Image::woas.png]] |
{{./image.png}} |
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption |
| Aligning Text |
|
not implemented |
%center% centered text %right% right aligned %lfloat% left floating text %rfloat% right floating text %rframe% right floating frame %lframe% left floating frame |
| Text Indentation |
|
indent with tabs |
-> indented text --> more indentation -< hanging text --< more indentation |
| Bulleted Lists |
* element 1 * element 2 * element 3 |
* List item * sub items * with indent |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 alternatively, indented: * item 1 * item 1.1 * item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
* element 1 * element 2 * element 3 |
1. List item a. with sub items b. ... |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 alternatively, indented: # Item 1 # Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
|
not implemented |
: term : definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
not implemented |
---- |
| remove Wiki on a Stick | remove Zim | remove PmWiki |