PageWork vs. wxWikiServer vs. Git-Wiki vs. WiGit

General Features PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
Version
0.4.8
1.5.11c
1.0
0.1
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2006-02-07 (19 years ago)
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Ryan Norton
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
MIT
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
C++
Ruby
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
RCS
other
License Cost/ Fee
none
NA
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
End users/Desktop
Private, Public
Private users
System Requirements PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
Operating System
Any
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
*nix
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
built-in
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
None
Ruby
Git
Datastorage PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
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
No
Yes
No
Other
Git
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
unknown
Plugin system, backends can be added
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
No
Development/Support PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
242 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
Preview
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
No
Special Features PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Unknown
Optional
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
English
4
Czech, German, English, French
0
Email notification
No
No
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
No
No
Categories
Yes
No
No
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
Optional
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
No
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
HTML Tags
All
All
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
no
XML based, Javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
No
Usability PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
Section Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Unknown
No
No
Statistics PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Unknown
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
Contents
No
Extras PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork wxWikiServer Git-Wiki WiGit
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
[InternalLink]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
[[http://example.org|The title]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
h1. Headline
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
''' bold text '''
**bold**
*Bold*
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
'' italic text ''
//italic//
_Italics_
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
<u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
start line with blank space.
<tt>monospace</tt>
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
<s>strikethrough</s>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
<sub>subscript</sub>
~subscript~
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
{{Image.png}}
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
] centred text
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* one
* two
* two.1
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
Definition Lists
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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