alphawiki vs. WikiCrowd vs. ErfurtWiki vs. PageWork

General Features alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
Version
v.20160608
0.0.16
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
29 Nov, 2010
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2010-11-29 (15 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
marty alain
Stas Davydov
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
LGPL
Public Domain (!)
GPLv3
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
PHP, XSL, JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
none
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
Personal, Corporate, Community
small + medium sites, development teams
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
Operating System
probably every OS
Any
any
Any
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Apache
anything with PHP support
Any
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2 or later, Apache mod_rewrite, iconv
none
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
Patch
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
Yes
RCS
No
No
Plugin
No
Other
None
No
no
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
No
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Proprietary
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Plugin
No
nofollow
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Patch
Yes
Development/Support alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
2
English, Russian
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
2
German, English
Email notification
No
No
Plugin
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Links alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
CamelCase
No
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Image Links
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Optional
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Plugin, JavaScript
optional
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
Section Editing
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Patch
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Access Keys
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
No
No
No
Statistics alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Optional
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
Optional
No
PDF Export
No
No
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Keywords
Extras alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
Calendar
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples alphawiki WikiCrowd ErfurtWiki PageWork
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
@page "Another Wiki Page"
@page[Wiki Page] "Link to Wiki Page"
@page[Wiki Page]
[[Wiki Page or URL]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[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/]]
@page[http://wikimatrix.org]
@page[http://wikimatrix.org] "It's a link to WikiMatrix"
[[http://wikimatrix.org]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Headlines
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
@title Some Title
@subtitle Some Subtitle
@subsubtitle Some Subsubtitle
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
*bold*
__bold text__
**bold text**
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
//italic//
''ialic text''
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
No
optional or via css
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
No
==monospaced text==
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
No
optional or via css
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
^superscript^
^^superscript text^^
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_
optional or via css
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 url
[link to the image.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}
No
optional or via css
{{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.}
No
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
@listitem Red
Green
Blue
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* 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
No
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
No
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
No
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