alphawiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PageWork

General Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
Version
v.20160608
5.1.21
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
marty alain
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
BSD
GPLv3
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
Operating System
probably every OS
Any
Any
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Any
Other Requirements
A common browser
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Patch
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
RCS
No
No
No
Other
None
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
optional extensions available
Proprietary
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8587 ⭐
N/A
Common Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
2
German, English
Email notification
No
Unknown
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Optional
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
All
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
Section Editing
Optional
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Plugin
No
Statistics alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Keywords
Extras alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
Calendar
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
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
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
''bold''
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
//italic//
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
__underline__
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
{{{monospaced}}}
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
--strikethrough--
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
^^superscript^^
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}
~~subscript~~
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"
}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{{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.}
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
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
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
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
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
; term
: description
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
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