PageWork vs. Wala Wiki vs. alphawiki

General Features PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki
Version
0.4.8
1.1.7
v.20160608
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2026-03-14 (3 months ago)
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
marty alain
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
Public Domain
GNU-GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP+Javascript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
none
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
private users, small teams
System Requirements PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki
Operating System
Any
Linux, *BSD
probably every OS
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Any
Any that supports basic CGI.
Apache with PHP support
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
Datastorage PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki
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
No
Other
diffs
None
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
No
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Development/Support PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki
# 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 Wala Wiki alphawiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
No
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Links PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
Optional
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Features PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
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
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Unknown
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Usability PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Optional
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Optional
Statistics PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
No
Output PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Optional
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Optional
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Optional
HTML Export
Plugin
No
Optional
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
Extras PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
LinkDump, [link dump]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
= headline =
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
'''bolded'''
{b I am bold}
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
''italicized''
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
monospaced.
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
E = mc{sup 2}
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}
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
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"
}}
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
:Block-quoted text.
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
# One
# Two
# Three
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
Horizontal Rule
---
----
{hr}
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