| General Features | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.4.8
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2.1.11
|
1.1.7
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2.0.045
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| Last Release Date |
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
|
2026-03-15 (4 months ago)
|
2026-03-29 (4 months ago)
|
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
|
2026-03-15 (4 months ago)
|
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
|
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
|
| Author |
Pitt Murmann
|
Foswiki Community
|
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
|
Helmut Leitner
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPLv3
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GPL
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Public Domain
|
GPL
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| Programming Language |
PHP
|
Perl
|
Perl
|
Perl
|
| Data Storage |
Database, Files
|
Files, RCS
|
Files
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
none
|
$0
|
Free
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
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Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Medium-sized sites
|
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
|
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
|
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
|
| System Requirements | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
| Operating System |
Any
|
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
|
Linux, *BSD
|
Unix / Linux
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Any
|
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
|
Any that supports basic CGI.
|
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
|
| Other Requirements |
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
|
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
|
none
|
| Datastorage | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Other |
caching of content into database using plugins
|
diffs
|
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| Security/Anti-Spam | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Proprietary
|
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
|
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel | ||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
118 ⭐
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
To current
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Special Features | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
2
German, English |
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
1
English |
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian |
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
Plugin
|
Flat
|
No
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Detection
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Not available
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Links | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
All
|
None
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple
|
simple + complex
|
simple
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
|
|||
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Usability | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Output | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Keywords
|
Contents
|
No
|
No
|
| Extras | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | PageWork | Foswiki | Wala Wiki | ProWiki |
| Internal Link |
[[link]] [[link|alternate text]] |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
LinkDump, [link dump] |
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink] |
| External Link |
http://www.wikimatrix.org/ |
External Link http://foswiki.org/ autolink [[http://foswiki.org/][label]] |
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3] |
http://example.org InterWiki:page [some:link labelforlink] |
| Headlines |
= L1 = == L2 == === L3 === ==== L4 ==== ===== L5 ===== = L1 == L2 === L3 ==== L4 ===== L5 |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
= headline = |
= Headline 1 = == Headline 2 = === Headline 3 = ==== Headline 4 = ===== Headline 5 = ====== Headline 6 = |
| Bold Format |
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong). This is **bold**, too. |
*bold* |
'''bolded''' |
'''bold''' |
| Italics Format |
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized). This is in //italics//, too. |
_italic_ |
''italicized'' |
''italic'' |
| Underline Format |
This is __underlined__. |
<u>underline</u> |
|
<u>underlined</u> |
| Monospace Format |
This is %%monospaced%%. |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
monospaced. |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
| Strikethrough Format |
This is --not-- important. |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
|
[[strike]strikethrough text] |
| Superscript Format |
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^ |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
|
<sup>text</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^} |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
|
<sub>text</sub> |
| Images |
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}} |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}% |
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include. |
http://example.org/file.jpg Upload:file.gif [[Image]...options...] |
| Aligning Text |
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}} |
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
|
only as part of tables or citations [align:left|center|right] |
| Text Indentation |
> L1 quote >> L2 quote |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
:Block-quoted text. |
: indented line :: indented line |
| Bulleted Lists |
* one * two ** two alpha ** two beta * three |
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* Bullet point * Bullet point |
* bulleted list ** bulleted list |
| Numbered Lists |
# one # two ## two alpha ## two beta # three |
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
# One # Two # Three |
# numbered list ## numbered list |
| Definition Lists |
: term : definition |
$ Term: Definition |
|
; term: definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
--- |
--- |
---- |
---- |
| remove PageWork | remove Foswiki | remove Wala Wiki | remove ProWiki |