PageWork vs. Zim vs. PodWiki

General Features PageWork Zim PodWiki
Version
0.4.8
0.56
0.9.1
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Jaap Karssenberg
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Python
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
GPL / none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
Private users, small teams
average to advanced users
System Requirements PageWork Zim PodWiki
Operating System
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
Unix
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
None
apache
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage PageWork Zim PodWiki
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
Plugin
Yes
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork Zim PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
File permissions
builtin
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Development/Support PageWork Zim PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PageWork Zim PodWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features PageWork Zim PodWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
No
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
No
Unknown
Links PageWork Zim PodWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Optional
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features PageWork Zim PodWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
None
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Usability PageWork Zim PodWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics PageWork Zim PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output PageWork Zim PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork Zim PodWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
Extras PageWork Zim PodWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork Zim PodWiki
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

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

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
=== Heading ===
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
**bold**
B<bold>
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
//italic//
I<italics>
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
__underline__
via html only
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
``monospace``
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
~~strike~~
via html only
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
^{sup}
via html only
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
_{sub}
via html only
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
{{./image.png}}
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
not implemented
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
indent with tabs
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists
: term : definition
not implemented
via html only
Horizontal Rule
---
not implemented
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