Instiki vs. mobiki vs. ProntoWiki vs. ProWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TWiki vs. WiGit vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Version
0.30.0
2016-06-26
1.0.1
2.0.045
1.5.1
TWiki-6.1.0
0.1
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
2026-04-04 (today)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Martin D�ring
Clay Alberty
Helmut Leitner
PukiWiki Development Team
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Remko Tronçon
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
MIT
BSD
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
GPL
GPLv2
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
PHP
C#
Perl
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
Files
Files
Files, RCS
other
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
0
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
Text centric websites and mobile use
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
One theme, one PukiWiki
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Private users
Advanced End Users
System Requirements Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
any
Windows
Unix / Linux
OS independent
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
any
IIS 5+
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
PHP 5.4+
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
none
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Git
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Git repositories
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Preview
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
0
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
2
English, Italian
Email notification
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comments
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Threaded
No
No
Categories
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Syntax Features Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
All
None
Some
Some
Plugin
All
Some
All
Math formulas
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
none
none
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
None
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Usability Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Output Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blogs
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
No
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki mobiki ProntoWiki ProWiki PukiWiki TWiki WiGit Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[Internal Link]
[pagename]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[InternalLink]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
{title|url}
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
!Headline
!, !!, !!!
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
h1. Headline
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
**bold**
'''bold'''
''bold''
*bold*
*Bold*
*bold text*
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
''italics''
''italics''
''italic''
'''italic'''
_italic_
_Italics_
/italics text/
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
n/a
__under__
<u>underlined</u>
%%%underlined%%%
<u>underline</u>
+underlined+
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
`monospace`
n/a
<tt>monospace</tt>
N/A
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
@monospace@
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
n/a
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
[[strike]strikethrough text]
%%strikethrough%%
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
n/a
<<super>> (using custom tags)
<sup>text</sup>
N/A
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
n/a
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
<sub>text</sub>
N/A
<sub>subscript</sub>
~subscript~
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
!image.jpg!
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
___
aligned text
___
available through custom tags
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
n/a
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
: indented line
:: indented line
N/A
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
+
++
+++
++++
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
#
##
###
####
# numbered list
## numbered list
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
term
: definition
n/a
; term: definition
:term|definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
***
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