alphawiki vs. PageWork vs. LionWiki

General Features alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
Version
v.20160608
0.4.8
3.2.4
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
Author
marty alain
Pitt Murmann
Adam Živnéř
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
GPLv3
GPL v2
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
Medium-sized sites
advanced users, minimalists
System Requirements alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
Operating System
probably every OS
Any
All PHP supported
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Any
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Patch
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
None
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
No
Proprietary
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
Development/Support alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
No
Interface Languages
1
English
2
German, English
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Yes
No
Namespaces
Optional
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
Links alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Optional
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
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
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Optional
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Plugin
No
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
JavaScript (plugin)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
Section Editing
Optional
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Optional
No
No
Statistics alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Optional
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
Plugin
No
HTML Export
Optional
Plugin
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
No
Extras alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
Calendar
Optional
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
No
Blogs
Optional
Plugin
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples alphawiki PageWork LionWiki
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
External Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
http://lionwiki.0o.cz
[Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz]
Headlines
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
'''bold''
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
''italics''
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
This is __underlined__.
'__underline__'
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
This is --not-- important.
'--strikethrough--'
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
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"
}}
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
[path_to_img.jpg]
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
Numbered Lists
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
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