alphawiki vs. Wala Wiki vs. PageWork

General Features alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
Version
v.20160608
1.1.7
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2026-03-14 (3 months ago)
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
marty alain
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
Public Domain
GPLv3
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
Operating System
probably every OS
Linux, *BSD
Any
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Any that supports basic CGI.
Any
Other Requirements
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
Text Files
Yes
Yes
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
diffs
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
Proprietary
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Development/Support alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
2
German, English
Email notification
No
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Optional
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
No
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
HTML Tags
Optional
None
All
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple
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
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Optional
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
Plugin
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Yes
Usability alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
Section Editing
Optional
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Optional
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
No
Statistics alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Optional
Yes
Abbreviations
Optional
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Optional
No
Plugin
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Keywords
Extras alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
Calendar
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
LinkDump, [link dump]
[[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://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Headlines
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
= headline =
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
'''bolded'''
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
''italicized''
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
monospaced.
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
This is --not-- important.
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"
}}
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
{{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}
{{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.}
:Block-quoted text.
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
* 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
# One
# Two
# Three
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
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