Git-Wiki vs. WikyBlog vs. alphawiki

General Features Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
Version
1.0
1.5.4
v.20160608
Last Release Date
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
2016-08-06 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
2016-09-10 (10 years ago)
Author
Josh Schmidt
marty alain
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
GPL
GNU-GPL
Programming Language
Ruby
PHP
PHP+Javascript
Data Storage
RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
Private, Internet Communities
private users, small teams
System Requirements Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
Operating System
*nix
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
probably every OS
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Apache, anything with PHP
Apache with PHP support
Other Requirements
Ruby
MySQL
Datastorage Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
Git
None
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
No
No
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
1
English
Email notification
No
No
No
Comments
No
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
No
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Unknown
Links Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
CamelCase
No
No
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
No
Syntax Features Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
No
No
No
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Unknown
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
No
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Usability Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Optional
Statistics Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Optional
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Optional
HTML Export
No
No
Optional
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki WikyBlog alphawiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
[http://example.org The title]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
{b I am bold}
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<tt>monospace</tt>
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
E = mc{sup 2}
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
Images
{{Image.png}}
[[Image:wiki.png]]
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"
}}
Aligning Text
<center>Centered</center>
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
: indented line
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

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