alphawiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PageWork vs. KeheiWiki

General Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Version
v.20160608
5.1.21
0.4.8
Pleiades-M45
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
Author
marty alain
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Pitt Murmann
team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
BSD
GPLv3
LGPL
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Medium-sized sites
corporate and special interest groups
System Requirements alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Operating System
probably every OS
Any
Any
Unix/Linux
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Any
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Other Requirements
A common browser
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
No
Patch
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
Plugin
RCS
No
No
No
Plugin
Other
None
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
optional extensions available
Proprietary
Apache
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Development/Support alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8587 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
2
German, English
1
English
Email notification
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Optional
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
All
All
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
No
No
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
JavaScript
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Section Editing
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Statistics alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Keywords
Keywords
Extras alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Calendar
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples alphawiki TiddlyWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
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/
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
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
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
''bold''
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
//italic//
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
__underline__
This is __underlined__.
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
{{{monospaced}}}
This is %%monospaced%%.
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
--strikethrough--
This is --not-- important.
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
^^superscript^^
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
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^^^}
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
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}}
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
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}}
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
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
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
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
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
; term
: description
: term : definition
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
----
---
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
remove alphawiki remove TiddlyWiki remove PageWork remove KeheiWiki