| General Features | PageWork | BookStack |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.4.8
|
v21.12.1
|
| Last Release Date |
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
|
2022-01-06 (4 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
|
2022-01-08 (4 years ago)
|
| Author |
Pitt Murmann
|
Dan Brown
|
| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPLv3
|
MIT
|
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Database, Files
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
none
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Medium-sized sites
|
Small to mid-size groups and businesses
|
| System Requirements | PageWork | BookStack |
| Operating System |
Any
|
Linux, Windows and Unix variants
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Any
|
Apache, Nginx or others with PHP support
|
| Other Requirements |
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
|
Command-line access, PHP7.3+
|
| Datastorage | PageWork | BookStack |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Patch
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Yes
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
No
|
| Other |
MariaDB
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | PageWork | BookStack |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Proprietary
|
SAML2, LDAP, OIDC, ActiveDirectory, Google, GitHub, GitLab, AzureAD, Slack and more
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Yes
|
No
|
| Development/Support | PageWork | BookStack |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
No
|
| Code Repository | ||
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel | ||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
19080 ⭐
|
| Common Features | PageWork | BookStack |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Restricted by Number
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
No
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | PageWork | BookStack |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
2
German, English |
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lettish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
No
|
No
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Detection
|
Conflict Detection
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
No
|
| Links | PageWork | BookStack |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
No
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
Optional
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | PageWork | BookStack |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Optional
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Tables |
simple
|
simple
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Optional
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Optional
|
Optional
|
| FAQ Tags |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Scripting |
None
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
No
|
| Usability | PageWork | BookStack |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | PageWork | BookStack |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
No
|
| Output | PageWork | BookStack |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Optional
|
No
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Plugin
|
No
|
| HTML Export |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Yes
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media and Files | PageWork | BookStack |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Optional
|
| Media Search |
Keywords
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | PageWork | BookStack |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Forums |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
Plugin
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | PageWork | BookStack |
| Internal Link |
[[link]] [[link|alternate text]] |
|
| External Link |
http://www.wikimatrix.org/ |
|
| Headlines |
= L1 = == L2 == === L3 === ==== L4 ==== ===== L5 ===== = L1 == L2 === L3 ==== L4 ===== L5 |
|
| Bold Format |
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong). This is **bold**, too. |
|
| Italics Format |
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized). This is in //italics//, too. |
|
| Underline Format |
This is __underlined__. |
|
| Monospace Format |
This is %%monospaced%%. |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
This is --not-- important. |
|
| Superscript Format |
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^ |
|
| Subscript Format |
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^} |
|
| Images |
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}} |
|
| Aligning Text |
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}} |
|
| Text Indentation |
> L1 quote >> L2 quote |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
* one * two ** two alpha ** two beta * three |
|
| Numbered Lists |
# one # two ## two alpha ## two beta # three |
|
| Definition Lists |
: term : definition |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
--- |
|
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