PageWork vs. ProWiki vs. TWiki vs. Wala Wiki vs. WikyBlog

General Features PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
Version
0.4.8
2.0.045
TWiki-6.1.0
1.1.7
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2026-03-20 (3 months ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Helmut Leitner
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
GPL
GPL
Public Domain
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Perl, JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
N/A
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
Operating System
Any
Unix / Linux
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Linux, *BSD
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Any that supports basic CGI.
Apache, anything with PHP
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
none
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.
MySQL
Datastorage PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Patch
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
diffs
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
No
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
No
No
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Links PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
None
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
No
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Usability PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Output PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
No
Optional
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
Contents
No
No
Extras PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork ProWiki TWiki Wala Wiki WikyBlog
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
LinkDump, [link dump]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
= headline =
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
'''bold'''
*bold*
'''bolded'''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
''italic''
_italic_
''italicized''
''italic''
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
<tt>monospace</tt>
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
monospaced.
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
[[strike]strikethrough text]
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
<sup>text</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
<sub>text</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
: indented line
:: indented line
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
:Block-quoted text.
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# One
# Two
# Three
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
; term: definition
$ Term: Definition
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
---
----
---
----
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