alphawiki vs. Corendal Wiki vs. PhpWiki vs. GWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
v.20160608
3.0.2
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.4.0
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2010-04-23 (15 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2010-04-23 (15 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
marty alain
Thierry Danard
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Roger Rene Kommer
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
GPL
GPL
Apache License, Version 2.0
BSD
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
Java
PHP
Java
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
Corporate
Any
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
probably every OS
Unix / Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Any
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Apache Tomcat, Oracle Application Server
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
All Java Servlet Container, included
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
Java 5.0
various opt. helpers
Java 1.8+
A common browser
Datastorage alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
None
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Google Datastore
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
No
Active Directory or Local Accounts
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Internal and external with adapter
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
No
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
2
German, English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Links alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
plugins, templates, PHP
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Optional
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Statistics alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Optional
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
No
Contents
No
Extras alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples alphawiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki GWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[http://example.com]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
*Bold Format*
''bold''
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
_Italic format_
//italic//
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
<u>underlined</u>
+Unterlined+
__underline__
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{Monospace}}
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
<strike>striked through</strike>
-StrikeThrough-
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
<sup>above</sup>
^Superscript^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
<sub>below</sub>
~Subscript~
~~subscript~~
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"
}}
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* list
or
- list
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
# list
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
Term:<def>
def
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
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