| General Features | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.1.8
|
2.0.045
|
1.0
|
| Last Release Date |
2023-08-05 (9 months ago)
|
2006-10-13 (17 years ago)
|
2003-09-11 (20 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2023-10-16 (7 months ago)
|
2009-11-28 (14 years ago)
|
2009-07-01 (14 years ago)
|
| Author |
Foswiki Community
|
Helmut Leitner
|
Clifford Adams
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
GPL
|
GPL
|
| Programming Language |
Perl
|
Perl
|
Perl
|
| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Files
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
$0
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
|
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
|
|
| System Requirements | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
|
Unix / Linux
|
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
|
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
|
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
|
| Other Requirements |
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
none
|
|
| Datastorage | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Other |
caching of content into database using plugins
|
No
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
||
| Host Blocking |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Blacklist |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel | |||
| Stars on GitHub |
97 ⭐
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Special Features | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian |
0
|
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Comments |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Categories |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Detection
|
| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Links | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Some
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple
|
| CREOLE support |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Markdown Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
|
None
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Usability | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
| Section Editing |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Statistics | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Output | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
No
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| XML export |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Image Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| SVG Editing |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
No
|
No
|
| Extras | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Presentations |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Ticket System |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Foswiki | ProWiki | UseMod |
| Internal Link |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink] |
|
| External Link |
External Link http://foswiki.org/ autolink [[http://foswiki.org/][label]] |
http://example.org InterWiki:page [some:link labelforlink] |
|
| Headlines |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
= Headline 1 = == Headline 2 = === Headline 3 = ==== Headline 4 = ===== Headline 5 = ====== Headline 6 = |
= Level 1 = == Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ====== |
| Bold Format |
*bold* |
'''bold''' |
'''bold''' |
| Italics Format |
_italic_ |
''italic'' |
''italic'' |
| Underline Format |
<u>underline</u> |
<u>underlined</u> |
<u>underline</u> |
| Monospace Format |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
<tt>for monospace text</tt> |
| Strikethrough Format |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
[[strike]strikethrough text] |
N/A |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
<sup>text</sup> |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
<sub>text</sub> |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
| Images |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}% |
http://example.org/file.jpg Upload:file.gif [[Image]...options...] |
http://url.com/pic.gif |
| Aligning Text |
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
only as part of tables or citations [align:left|center|right] |
N/A |
| Text Indentation |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
: indented line :: indented line |
: indented |
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* bulleted list ** bulleted list |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
# numbered list ## numbered list |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
$ Term: Definition |
; term: definition |
;Term:Definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
--- |
---- |
|
| remove Foswiki | remove ProWiki | remove UseMod |