PageWork vs. alphawiki vs. Zim

General Features PageWork alphawiki Zim
Version
0.4.8
v.20160608
0.56
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
marty alain
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
GNU-GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP+Javascript
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
private users, small teams
Private users, small teams
System Requirements PageWork alphawiki Zim
Operating System
Any
probably every OS
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Any
Apache with PHP support
None
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage PageWork alphawiki Zim
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Patch
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
None
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork alphawiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
No
File permissions
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Development/Support PageWork alphawiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PageWork alphawiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PageWork alphawiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
English
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
Links PageWork alphawiki Zim
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Optional
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
No
Syntax Features PageWork alphawiki Zim
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Unknown
No
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Usability PageWork alphawiki Zim
Section Editing
Yes
Optional
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Optional
No
Statistics PageWork alphawiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output PageWork alphawiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Plugin
Optional
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Optional
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork alphawiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
Extras PageWork alphawiki Zim
Calendar
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
No
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork alphawiki Zim
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
{b I am bold}
**bold**
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
{i I am italic}
//italic//
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
{u I am underline}
__underline__
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
{del I am line-through}
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
E = mc{sup 2}
^{sup}
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
_{sub}
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
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"
}}
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
{center I am centered}
not implemented
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
: term : definition
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
---
{hr}
not implemented
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