PageWork vs. Wala Wiki vs. alphawiki vs. Anwiki vs. Foswiki

General Features PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
Version
0.4.8
1.1.7
v.20160608
0.2.5
2.1.11
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2026-03-14 (3 months ago)
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2026-03-15 (2 months ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2026-03-15 (2 months ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
marty alain
Antoine Walter
Foswiki Community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
Public Domain
GNU-GPL
GPL 3
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP+Javascript
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Files
Database, Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
none
Free
0
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
private users, small teams
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
System Requirements PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
Operating System
Any
Linux, *BSD
probably every OS
Linux, Windows, probably others
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Any
Any that supports basic CGI.
Apache with PHP support
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
Yes
No
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
No
No
No
Yes
Other
diffs
None
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
caching of content into database using plugins
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
No
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
No
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Development/Support PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
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
Email notification
No
No
No
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
No
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
Optional
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Optional
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Optional
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Statistics PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
No
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Yes
Output PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
No
Contents
Extras PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples PageWork Wala Wiki alphawiki Anwiki Foswiki
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
LinkDump, [link dump]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
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/]]
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
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)
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
'''bolded'''
{b I am bold}
<b>bold</b>
*bold*
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
''italicized''
{i I am italic}
<i>italic</i>
_italic_
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
{u I am underline}
<u>underline</u>
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
monospaced.
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
<tt>monospace</tt>
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
{del I am line-through}
<del>strikethrough</del>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
E = mc{sup 2}
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
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}
<sub>Anwiki</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://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"
}}
<img src=""/>
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
{center I am centered}
<center>anwiki</center>
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
:Block-quoted text.
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
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
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* 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
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
---
----
{hr}
<hr/>
---
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