WikiMatrix

Feature Comparison

General FeaturesWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Version 1.0.333.4 1.0.10-alpha 5.2 (40)
Last Release Date 2.10.2006   12 Mar 2012
Author David Gorisek Lukas Renggli Traction Software
URL wiki.gorisek.com www.lukas-renggli.ch www.tractionsoftware.com
Free and Open Source No Yes No
License per Server MIT Free download for 5 Users; Commercial and Non Profit Annual or Perpetual Licensing
Programming Language Smalltalk Smalltalk Java
Data Storage Files, DB other Files, DB
License Cost/ Fee 200 EUR 0 Free for 5 users, License pricing starts at $495 (ten spaces) to $4,375 (unlimited spaces) per year
Development status Mature   Mature
Intended Audience intranets, can also be used as CMS, easy to setup   Small business to Enterprise, Government & Non-Profit
System RequirementsWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Operating System Windows or Linux Windows, MacOS, Linux, anything Squeak runs on Windows, Solaris, Linux, MAC OSX (any OS capable of running Java 2 Virtual Machine)
Root Access No No Yes
Webserver built-in Apache, lighttpd, standalone Included in application
Other Requirements self contained Squeak Other than the OS, the installer takes care of all required components. Can leverage (but does not require) multi-processor, multi-core 64 bit systems
DatastorageWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Text Files No No Yes
MySQL No No No
PostgreSQL No No No
Oracle No No Optional
SQLite No No No
BerkeleyDB No No No
RCS No No No
Other yes, object database OmniBase XML, Magma, Smalltalk image, ReferenceStream, SmartRefernceStream (ImageSegment) Journaling system records all additions/changes to the data. Files are stored in WebDAV controlled folders.
Security/Anti-SpamWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Page Permissions Yes Yes Yes
ACL Yes Yes Yes
Authentication Backends none   Internal Directory, LDAP, AD (including optional NTLM). Name, password, email, ACL groups can be defined by LDAP or AD queries. Hybrid authentication is supported (e.g. internal directory + LDAP)
Host Blocking Optional   Yes
Mail Encryption Yes   Yes
nofollow No   No
Blacklist No   Yes
CAPTCHA No   Yes
Delayed Indexing No    
Development/SupportWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Commercial Support Yes, 1 listed Yes, 2 listed Yes, 1 listed
Preconfigured Hosting Yes No Yes
Code Repository   mc.lukas-renggli.ch SDK and SDL Source available to customers.
Issue Tracker   bugs.squeak.org via Forum, Help and dedicate customer projects on TSI's TeamPage server
Mailing List   www.iam.unibe.ch Yes
Support Forum     Yes
IRC Channel     Twitter @TractionTeam
Common FeaturesWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Preview Yes No No
Minor Changes Yes   Yes
Change Summary No   Yes
Page History Yes   Yes
Page Revisions Unlimited   Unlimited
Revision Diffs No   Between all
Page Index Yes   Yes
Plugin System     Yes
Special FeaturesWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Unicode Support No   Yes
Right-to-Left Support No Optional Yes
Interface Languages 4 languages
English, German, , Slovenian
  6 languages
German, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese
Email notification No No Yes
Comments No No Threaded
Categories Yes   Yes
Namespaces Yes Yes Yes
Page Redirection No Yes Yes
Conflict Handling Conflict Resolution   Conflict Detection
Search Full Text Full Text Full Text
Wiki Farming     Yes
Structured Data     Plugin
LinksWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
CamelCase Yes   No
Freelinks Yes   Yes
Backlinks Yes   Yes
InterWiki Yes   Yes
SisterWiki No   No
Image Links Yes   Yes
Windows Shares No   Yes
Page Redirects     Yes
Syntax FeaturesWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
HTML Tags All All Some
Math formulas No   Plugin
Tables simple simple complex
CREOLE support No No No
Markdown Support No No No
Textile Support No No No
BBCode Support No No No
Emoticon Images No No Plugin
Syntax Highlighting No No Yes
Footnotes No No No
Quoting No   Yes
Internal Comments No   Yes
Custom styles No   Yes
FAQ Tags No   Yes
Scripting     yes - via Rapid Selector, Plug-ins and more
Content Includes Yes   Yes
Feed Aggregation No   Yes
UsabilityWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Section Editing No Patch Yes
Page Templates     Yes
Double-Click Edit No Patch No
Toolbar Yes No Yes
WYSIWYG Editing Yes No Yes
Access Keys No Yes Yes
Auto Signature No No Yes
StatisticsWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Recent Changes Yes   Yes
Wanted Pages Yes   Yes
Orphaned Pages No   Yes
Most/Least Popular No   Plugin
Recent Visitors Yes   Plugin
Analysis No   Yes
OutputWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
HTML XHTML 1.0 Transitional XHTML 1.0 Strict HTML 4
CSS Stylesheets Yes Yes Yes
Printer Friendly Print View   Print View
Mobile Friendly     Yes
Themes & Skins Optional Yes Yes
RSS Feeds No   Yes
ATOM Feeds     Yes
Abbreviations     Yes
Auto-TOC Yes   Yes
Raw Export   Yes Yes
HTML Export Yes   Plugin
XML export     Yes
PDF Export     Yes
Media and FilesWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
File Attachments Yes Yes Yes
Media Revisions No   Yes
Embedded Flash No   Yes
Embedded Video No Yes Yes
Image Editing No   No
SVG Editing No   No
MindMap Editing No   No
Media Search Filenames only   Contents
ExtrasWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Calendar     Yes
Image Galleries     Plugin
Forums     Yes
Blogs     Yes
Ticket System     Yes
Syntax ExamplesWikiDoc DetailsPier DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Internal Link
[[Other page]]
[[Other page|link to some other page]]
+page name+
+link text>page name+
Use GUI link dialogue, or by hand:

To Named Pages:
Within Wiki: [[link]]
Across Wiki: [[WikiName:link]]
Global: [[*:link]]

To Existing Pages / Paragraphs
WikiNameID (e.g. Marketing64 or Marketing64.03)

To "Views" - use GUI dialogue or Rapid Selector:

[[/link 'link text' ::WikiName ViewName]] 
(e.g. [[/link 'Marketing Dashboard Page' ::marketing np]]

External Link
[http://wiki.gorisek.com]
*http://...*
*link text>http://...*
WYSIWYG editor link dialog, link to full or partial url path (e.g. www.tractionsoftware.com is OK) or HTML in text only editor. 
Headlines
==heading 1==
! text
WYSIWYG editor selection or HTML in text only editor. 
Bold Format
''this is bold'''
via html
WYSIWYG editor selection, Ctrl+ B in some browsers, or HTML in text only editor.  
Italics Format
''italic''
via html
WYSIWYG editor selection, Ctrl+I in some browsers, or HTML in text only editor. 
Underline Format
__underline__
via html
WYSIWYG editor selection, Ctrl+U in some browsers, or HTML in text only editor. 
Monospace Format
<pre>monospace</pre>
= monospace text 1
= monospace text 2
or via html
WYSIWYG editor selection or HTML in text only editor. 
Strikethrough Format
HTML
via html
 
Superscript Format
HTML
via html
 
Subscript Format
HTML
via html
 
Images
[[image:file.gif]]
[[figure:file2.gif|caption text]]
via internal link or html
WYSIWYG Image Insert Tool or HTML in text only editor. Images can be local (attached) or remote. When copying from web sites, copy/paste from browser to the WYSIWYG editor. Traction server will attach and locally reference the image.
Aligning Text
HTML
via html
Left, Middle, Right Alignment controls per paragraph or table cell. 
Text Indentation
HTML
via html
WYSIWYG editor selection or HTML in text only editor. 
Bulleted Lists
* bullet 1
** bullet 2
- item
WYSIWYG editor selection or HTML in text only editor. 
Numbered Lists
# level one
#* level 2 bullet
#*# level 3 numbered
# item
WYSIWYG editor selection or HTML in text only editor. 
Definition Lists
HTML
via html
WYSIWYG editor selection or HTML in text only editor. 
Horizontal Rule
HTML
_ (underline)
 
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