alphawiki vs. Wala Wiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Version
v.20160608
1.1.7
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2026-03-14 (3 months ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
marty alain
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
Public Domain
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Operating System
probably every OS
Linux, *BSD
OS independent
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Any that supports basic CGI.
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
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
diffs
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
No
To current
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Optional
No
Namespaces
Optional
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
Patch
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Features alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
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
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Usability alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
Optional
No
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Optional
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
No
Statistics alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Optional
Plugin
Abbreviations
Optional
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Optional
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Calendar
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples alphawiki Wala Wiki PukiWiki
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
LinkDump, [link dump]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
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://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
= headline =
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
'''bolded'''
''bold''
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
''italicized''
'''italic'''
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
monospaced.
N/A
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"
}}
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
:Block-quoted text.
N/A
Bulleted Lists
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

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

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