alphawiki vs. Zwiki vs. Corendal Wiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
Version
v.20160608
0.61
3.0.2
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2010-04-23 (15 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2010-04-23 (15 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
Author
marty alain
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
Thierry Danard
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
GPLv2
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
Python
Java
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
Corporate
Any
System Requirements alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
Operating System
probably every OS
any
Unix / Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Zope
Apache Tomcat, Oracle Application Server
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
Java 5.0
various opt. helpers
Datastorage alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
Text Files
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Oracle
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SQLite
No
Unknown
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
Yes
RCS
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Other
None
ZODB (zope object database)
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Active Directory or Local Accounts
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
No
Patch
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
No
No
Development/Support alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
0
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Links alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Patch
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
DTML
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
Optional
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Patch
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Optional
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
No
Plugin
Output alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Optional
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
Extras alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
Calendar
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples alphawiki Zwiki Corendal Wiki PhpWiki
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
<sub>below</sub>
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://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
# list
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
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