| General Features | Wikia | ProWiki |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
N/A
|
2.0.045
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| Last Release Date |
N/A
|
2006-10-13 (17 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2013-02-18 (11 years ago)
|
2009-11-28 (14 years ago)
|
| Author |
Wikia, Inc.
|
Helmut Leitner
|
| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
N/A
|
Yes
|
| License |
N/A
|
GPL
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| Programming Language |
N/A
|
Perl
|
| Data Storage |
N/A
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
$0
|
0
|
| Development status |
N/A
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
All users
|
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
|
| Hosting Features | Wikia | ProWiki |
| Storage Quota |
unlimited
|
N/A
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
unlimited
|
N/A
|
| Other Limits |
none
|
N/A
|
| Topic Restrictions |
hate speech, personal attacks, we believe in kindness
|
N/A
|
| Corporate Branding |
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Own Domain |
Optional
|
N/A
|
| Ads allowed |
Yes
|
N/A
|
| System Requirements | Wikia | ProWiki |
| Operating System |
N/A
|
Unix / Linux
|
| Root Access |
N/A
|
No
|
| Webserver |
N/A
|
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
|
| Other Requirements |
N/A
|
none
|
| Datastorage | Wikia | ProWiki |
| Text Files |
N/A
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
N/A
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
N/A
|
No
|
| Oracle |
N/A
|
No
|
| SQLite |
N/A
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
N/A
|
No
|
| RCS |
N/A
|
Yes
|
| Other |
N/A
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Wikia | ProWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
N/A
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Optional
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Optional
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Wikia | ProWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
N/A
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository |
N/A
|
|
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel |
##wikia on freenode
|
|
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Wikia | 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 |
No
|
No
|
| Special Features | Wikia | ProWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian |
| Email notification |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
No
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
N/A
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Links | Wikia | ProWiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | Wikia | ProWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Optional
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Optional
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Optional
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Optional
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Optional
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
Yes
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Usability | Wikia | ProWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Yes
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | Wikia | ProWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Output | Wikia | ProWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Optional
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Wikia | ProWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| MindMap Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Keywords
|
No
|
| Extras | Wikia | ProWiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Yes
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Wikia | ProWiki |
| Internal Link |
|
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink] |
| External Link |
|
http://example.org InterWiki:page [some:link labelforlink] |
| Headlines |
|
= Headline 1 = == Headline 2 = === Headline 3 = ==== Headline 4 = ===== Headline 5 = ====== Headline 6 = |
| Bold Format |
|
'''bold''' |
| Italics Format |
|
''italic'' |
| Underline Format |
|
<u>underlined</u> |
| Monospace Format |
|
<tt>monospace</tt> |
| Strikethrough Format |
|
[[strike]strikethrough text] |
| Superscript Format |
|
<sup>text</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
|
<sub>text</sub> |
| Images |
|
http://example.org/file.jpg Upload:file.gif [[Image]...options...] |
| Aligning Text |
|
only as part of tables or citations [align:left|center|right] |
| Text Indentation |
|
: indented line :: indented line |
| Bulleted Lists |
|
* bulleted list ** bulleted list |
| Numbered Lists |
|
# numbered list ## numbered list |
| Definition Lists |
|
; term: definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
|
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