alphawiki vs. PukiWiki vs. Wala Wiki

General Features alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
Version
v.20160608
1.5.1
1.1.7
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2026-03-02 (5 months ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
Author
marty alain
PukiWiki Development Team
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Public Domain
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
One theme, one PukiWiki
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
System Requirements alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
Operating System
probably every OS
OS independent
Linux, *BSD
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any that supports basic CGI.
Other Requirements
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
Datastorage alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
None
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
diffs
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
No
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
Host Blocking
No
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
To current
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Unknown
No
Optional
Namespaces
Optional
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
No
No
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Patch
Unknown
Page Redirects
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Features alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Usability alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
Section Editing
Optional
Patch
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Yes
Statistics alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Optional
Abbreviations
Optional
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Optional
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
Calendar
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Optional
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples alphawiki PukiWiki Wala Wiki
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
LinkDump, [link dump]
External Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
Headlines
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
= headline =
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
''bold''
'''bolded'''
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
'''italic'''
''italicized''
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
N/A
monospaced.
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
N/A
Subscript Format
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
N/A
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"
}}
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
N/A
:Block-quoted text.
Bulleted Lists
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
Numbered Lists
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# One
# Two
# Three
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
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