PhpWiki vs. ProWiki

General Features PhpWiki ProWiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2006-10-13 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2009-11-28 (14 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements PhpWiki ProWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
none
Datastorage PhpWiki ProWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Oracle
Yes
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki ProWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support PhpWiki ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki ProWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features PhpWiki ProWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Patch
No
Links PhpWiki ProWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features PhpWiki ProWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability PhpWiki ProWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Statistics PhpWiki ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Output PhpWiki ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki ProWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras PhpWiki ProWiki
Calendar
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki ProWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>text</sub>
Images
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists
# list
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
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