alphawiki vs. BookStack

General Features alphawiki BookStack
Version
v.20160608
v21.12.1
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (10 years ago)
2022-01-06 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (10 years ago)
2022-01-08 (4 years ago)
Author
marty alain
Dan Brown
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
MIT
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
Small to mid-size groups and businesses
System Requirements alphawiki BookStack
Operating System
probably every OS
Linux, Windows and Unix variants
Root Access
Yes
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Apache, Nginx or others with PHP support
Other Requirements
Command-line access, PHP7.3+
Datastorage alphawiki BookStack
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
None
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki BookStack
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
SAML2, LDAP, OIDC, ActiveDirectory, Google, GitHub, GitLab, AzureAD, Slack and more
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support alphawiki BookStack
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features alphawiki BookStack
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
No
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features alphawiki BookStack
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lettish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Optional
Namespaces
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Links alphawiki BookStack
CamelCase
No
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
InterWiki
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
No
No
Syntax Features alphawiki BookStack
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Optional
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Usability alphawiki BookStack
Section Editing
Optional
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Statistics alphawiki BookStack
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
No
No
Output alphawiki BookStack
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
No
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Raw Export
Optional
No
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
No
Media and Files alphawiki BookStack
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
Optional
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Extras alphawiki BookStack
Calendar
Optional
No
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
No
Forums
Yes
No
Blogs
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples alphawiki BookStack
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
Headlines
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
Subscript Format
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
Images
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
Numbered Lists
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
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