PageWork vs. PodWiki vs. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware

General Features PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Version
0.4.8
0.9.1
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2023-11-16 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2024-04-01 (2 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Thomas Linden
Tiki Software Community Association
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
none
GPL / none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
average to advanced users
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
System Requirements PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Operating System
Any
Unix
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
apache
Works on standard shared hosting
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
mod_rewrite optional
None
Datastorage PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Patch
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
builtin
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Yes
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Development/Support PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
English
35
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Galician, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Swahili, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Optional
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Scripting
Perl
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Optional
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Optional
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
Contents
Extras PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Examples PageWork PodWiki Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
((Name of page))
or
((Name of page|link to a page))
or
(semantic(link to a page))
or, if activated:
CamelCase WikiWords
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
L<http://www.daemon.de>
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
=head1 The Weather
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
B<bold>
__bold__
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
I<italics>
''italic''
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
via html only
===underline===
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
put a space in front of monospaced text
-+monospace+-
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
via html only
--strike--
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
via html only
{SUP()}text{SUP}
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
via html only
{SUB()}text{SUB}
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
G<logo.png>
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
via stylesheet only
::centered text::
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
via stylesheet only
leading spaces, if activated.
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
via html only
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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