WikiPack vs. XWiki vs. Wikidot vs. Wikia vs. Nuclino vs. PBwiki

General Features WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
Version
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16.2.0
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Last Release Date
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2024-03-24 (5 days ago)
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Last Update here
2012-05-23 (11 years ago)
2024-03-25 (4 days ago)
2009-12-09 (14 years ago)
2013-02-18 (11 years ago)
2022-01-28 (2 years ago)
2010-08-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Mark Beattie
XWiki Development Team
Michal Frackowiak
Wikia, Inc.
Nuclino GmbH
PBworks
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
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N/A
N/A
License
N/A
LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
AGPLv3
N/A
N/A
N/A
Programming Language
N/A
Java
N/A
N/A
N/A
Data Storage
N/A
Database, RCS
Database
N/A
N/A
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
Free while in open beta
0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
$0
Free; advanced features starting at $5/user/month
Determined by Solution Needs
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
N/A
N/A
N/A
Intended Audience
Individual Markdown geeks & writers
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
All users
Teams of all sizes
Business Enterprises
Hosting Features WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
Storage Quota
None (determined by Dropbox plan)
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
unlimited
2GB total (Free plan); 10GB/user (Standard plan)
No limit
Bandwidth Quota
None
no limit
unlimited
Unlimited
No limit
Other Limits
None while in open beta
max uploaded file size limit
none
None
Topic Restrictions
None
by Terms Of Service
hate speech, personal attacks, we believe in kindness
None
Corporate Branding
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Own Domain
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Ads allowed
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
System Requirements WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
Operating System
N/A
Any platform supporting Java 11 or greater
N/A
N/A
N/A
Root Access
N/A
No
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
Webserver
N/A
Servlet 3.1+
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Requirements
N/A
Java 11, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Datastorage WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
Text Files
N/A
No
Unknown
N/A
N/A
N/A
MySQL
N/A
Yes
Unknown
N/A
N/A
N/A
PostgreSQL
N/A
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Oracle
N/A
Yes
Unknown
N/A
N/A
N/A
SQLite
N/A
No
Unknown
N/A
N/A
N/A
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
Unknown
N/A
N/A
N/A
RCS
N/A
Plugin
Unknown
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other
N/A
JDBC Databases and in general any database supported by Hibernate; any custom implementation, as the storage is pluggable. Attachments can be saved on the filesystem
N/A
N/A
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
XWiki, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
N/A
N/A
N/A
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
No
Development/Support WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Code Repository
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
##wikia on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
40
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
English, Polish
0
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Links WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
No
Optional
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Optional
No
Yes
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
No
No
Optional
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Features WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
None
Some
None
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Optional
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Optional
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
None
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Yes
Javascript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Usability WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Optional
No
No
Statistics WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Output WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Optional
No
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Media and Files WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Keywords
No
Contents
Extras WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Blogs
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiPack XWiki Wikidot Wikia Nuclino PBwiki
Internal Link
[[LinkToSomePage|link to some page]]
XWiki supports 16+ input syntaxes (e.g. confluence, twiki, docbook, mediawiki, xwiki, markdown, etc), see http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#HSupportedSyntaxes for details.

The syntax documented below is XWiki Syntax 2.1 (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax).

[[wiki syntax here>>Space.Page]]
[[Space.Page]]
(Space is optional and is the current space if not specified)
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
@Link
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
External Link
[Google](http://google.com)
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]]
http://www.xwiki.com
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
[Link title](URL)
[http://www.externallink.com]
Headlines
# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading etc
= Headline
== Subheadline
=== Sub-subheadline
==== etc..
+++ headline level 3
# Large heading (H1)
## Medium heading (H2)
### Small heading (H3)
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
**bold text**
**Bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
_italic_
//Italics//
//italic text//
*Italics*
''italics''
Underline Format
not supported
__underline__
__underlined text__
__underline__
Monospace Format
indent 4 spaces (or 2 tabs)
for code blocks
##monospace##
{{monospaced text}}
<code>monospace</code>
Strikethrough Format
not supported
--Strike--
--strikethrough text--
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
not supported
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
not supported
,,subscript,,
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![External image](http://somesite.com/imageurl.jpg)
image:img.png
image:Space.Page@img.png
[[image:img.png||width="25" height="25"]]
image:http://some/url/img.png

Starting with the xwiki/2.1 syntax, also:
image:icon:cancel
[[image src="..."]]
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
Aligning Text
not supported
(% style="... css here..." %)Text
= Centered line
<left>, <center>, <right>
Text Indentation
> Prefix block quotes with an angled bracket
>> Nest brackets to control indentation
Non-semantic text indentation through styling:

(% style="... css here..." %)multi line text

Quotes:

> This is a quoted text
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Indented block
Bulleted Lists
* list item one
* list item two
* sub item one
* List
** list
*** list
* element 1
* element 2
- item
- item
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
Numbered Lists
1. item one
2. item two
1. Sub item
1. Item 1
11. Item 2
111. Item 3
1. Item 4
# element 1
# element 1
1. item
2. item
# Number #1
# Number #2
Definition Lists
not supported
; term
: definition
: item : description
<dl>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
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