Aneuch vs. PmWiki vs. alphawiki vs. ProWiki

General Features Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Version
0.50
2.6.0
v.20160608
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2016-02-17 (10 years ago)
2026-05-16 (29 days ago)
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-06-28 (9 years ago)
2026-05-16 (29 days ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
Aaron Graves
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
marty alain
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL2+
GNU-GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PERL
PHP
PHP+Javascript
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
All
private users, small teams
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Operating System
Any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
probably every OS
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Any (only tested on Apache)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Apache with PHP support
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
none
none
Datastorage Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
None
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
None
Security/Anti-Spam Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Simple
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
No
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
No
Development/Support Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
1
English
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
No
Optional
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Links Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Optional
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Optional
No
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Scripting
None
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
No
Usability Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
No
Optional
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Statistics Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Optional
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Optional
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Output Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Optional
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Optional
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Optional
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
HTML Export
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Optional
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
No
Extras Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Aneuch PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Internal Link
[[Page]]
[[Page|page description]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link
[[http://www.google.com/]]
[[http://www.google.com/|Google]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
= H1 =
= H1
=== H3
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
{b I am bold}
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
{i I am italic}
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
{+underlined+}
{u I am underline}
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`monospace`
@@monospace@@
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
{-strikethrough-}
{del I am line-through}
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
'^superscript^'
E = mc{sup 2}
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
'_subscript_'
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
<sub>text</sub>
Images
{{image.jpg}}
{{image.jpg|alt text}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
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://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
{center I am centered}
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
: term : definition
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
{hr}
----
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