| General Features | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
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| Version |
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| Last Release Date |
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N/A
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| Last Update here |
2012-05-23 (11 years ago)
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2009-12-09 (14 years ago)
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2010-08-16 (13 years ago)
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2013-02-18 (11 years ago)
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| Author |
Mark Beattie
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Michal Frackowiak
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PBworks
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Wikia, Inc.
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| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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N/A
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| License |
N/A
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AGPLv3
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N/A
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N/A
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| Programming Language |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Data Storage |
N/A
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Database
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N/A
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N/A
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| License Cost/ Fee |
Free while in open beta
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Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
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Determined by Solution Needs
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$0
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| Development status |
N/A
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Mature
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N/A
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N/A
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| Intended Audience |
Individual Markdown geeks & writers
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companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
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Business Enterprises
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All users
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| Hosting Features | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| Storage Quota |
None (determined by Dropbox plan)
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1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
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No limit
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unlimited
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| Bandwidth Quota |
None
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no limit
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No limit
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unlimited
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| Other Limits |
None while in open beta
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max uploaded file size limit
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None
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none
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| Topic Restrictions |
None
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by Terms Of Service
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None
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hate speech, personal attacks, we believe in kindness
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| Corporate Branding |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Own Domain |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Optional
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| Ads allowed |
No
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Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
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| System Requirements | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| Operating System |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Root Access |
N/A
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No
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N/A
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N/A
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| Webserver |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Other Requirements |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Datastorage | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| Text Files |
N/A
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Unknown
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N/A
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N/A
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| MySQL |
N/A
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Unknown
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N/A
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N/A
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| PostgreSQL |
N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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N/A
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| Oracle |
N/A
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Unknown
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N/A
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N/A
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| SQLite |
N/A
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Unknown
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N/A
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N/A
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| BerkeleyDB |
N/A
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Unknown
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N/A
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N/A
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| RCS |
N/A
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Unknown
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N/A
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N/A
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| Other |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Security/Anti-Spam | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| Page Permissions |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| ACL |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Authentication Backends |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Host Blocking |
No
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Yes
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Optional
|
Yes
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| Mail Encryption |
No
|
No
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No
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Yes
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| nofollow |
No
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Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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| Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
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| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
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| Delayed Indexing |
No
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Yes
|
No
|
Optional
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| Development/Support | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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N/A
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| Code Repository |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel |
##wikia on freenode
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| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Common Features | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| Preview |
No
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Minor Changes |
No
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
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| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
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Between all
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| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Plugin System |
No
|
No
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Yes
|
No
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| Special Features | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Right-to-Left Support |
No
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Interface Languages |
1
English |
2
English, Polish |
1
English |
0
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| Email notification |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Optional
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| Comments |
No
|
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
Discussion Pages
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| Categories |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
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Page Locking
|
Page Locking
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Conflict Resolution
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| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Unknown
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| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
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| Wiki Farming |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
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N/A
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| Structured Data |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
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| Links | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| CamelCase |
No
|
No
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Yes
|
Optional
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| Freelinks |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
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| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| InterWiki |
No
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
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Yes
|
Optional
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| Image Links |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
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| Page Redirects |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
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| Syntax Features | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
None
|
All
|
Some
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| Math formulas |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Tables |
simple
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
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| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
No
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Optional
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| Markdown Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
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| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
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| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
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| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
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| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
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| Footnotes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Internal Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| Custom styles |
No
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
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Yes
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
None
|
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
|
Javascript
|
Yes
|
| Content Includes |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Usability | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Statistics | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| Recent Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Output | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| File Attachments |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Video |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Media Search |
No
|
No
|
Contents
|
Keywords
|
| Extras | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| Calendar |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | WikiPack | Wikidot | PBwiki | Wikia |
| Internal Link |
[[LinkToSomePage|link to some page]] |
[[[page-name]]] or [[[page-name|anchor]]] |
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link] |
|
| External Link |
[Google](http://google.com) |
http://www.wikimatrix.org or [http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix] |
[http://www.externallink.com] |
|
| Headlines |
# Heading 1 ## Heading 2 ### Heading etc |
+++ headline level 3 |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 !!!!!! Level 6 |
|
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
**bold text** |
**bold** |
|
| Italics Format |
_italic_ |
//italic text// |
''italics'' |
|
| Underline Format |
not supported |
__underlined text__ |
__underline__ |
|
| Monospace Format |
indent 4 spaces (or 2 tabs) for code blocks |
{{monospaced text}} |
<code>monospace</code> |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
not supported |
--strikethrough text-- |
-strikethrough- |
|
| Superscript Format |
not supported |
^^superscript^^ |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
|
| Subscript Format |
not supported |
,,subscript,, |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
|
| Images |
 |
[[image src="..."]] |
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg |
|
| Aligning Text |
not supported |
= Centered line |
<left>, <center>, <right> |
|
| Text Indentation |
> Prefix block quotes with an angled bracket >> Nest brackets to control indentation |
> First level of indentation >> Second level of indentation. |
Indented block |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
* list item one * list item two * sub item one |
* element 1 * element 2 |
* Bullet #1 * Bullet #2 ** SubBullet #1 |
|
| Numbered Lists |
1. item one 2. item two 1. Sub item |
# element 1 # element 1 |
# Number #1 # Number #2 |
|
| Definition Lists |
not supported |
: item : description |
<dl> </dl> |
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| Horizontal Rule |
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---- |
--- |
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| remove WikiPack | remove Wikidot | remove PBwiki | remove Wikia |