Pepperminty Wiki vs. alphawiki vs. PageWork

General Features Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Version
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
v.20160608
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2016-08-06 (10 years ago)
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
Starbeamrainbowlabs
marty alain
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MPL-2.0
GNU-GPL
GPLv3
Programming Language
PHP
PHP+Javascript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free!
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
private users, small teams
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Operating System
Linux / Windows
probably every OS
Any
Root Access
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Anything PHP enabled
Apache with PHP support
Any
Other Requirements
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Patch
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
RCS
No
No
No
Other
n/a
None
Security/Anti-Spam Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
None yet
No
Proprietary
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
Yes
Development/Support Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
206 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
2
German, English
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
No
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
CamelCase
Unknown
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Optional
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
All
Math formulas
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
Plugin
Scripting
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Yes
Usability Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Section Editing
No
Optional
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Optional
No
Statistics Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
No
No
Output Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Optional
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Plugin
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
Keywords
Extras Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Calendar
No
Optional
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
No
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Internal Link
[[Internal Link]]s
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Headlines
# Headline
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Bold Format
**bold text**
{b I am bold}
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
_italics_
{i I am italic}
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
`code text`
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
~~strikethough text~~
{del I am line-through}
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
sometext^superscript^
E = mc{sup 2}
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
sometext~subscript~
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
Images
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
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"
}}
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
Aligning Text
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
{center I am centered}
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Text Indentation
> Blockquote
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
Numbered Lists
1. A
2. B
3. C
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

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