PmWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. alphawiki vs. PageWork

General Features PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Version
2.7.4
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
v.20160608
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2026-07-31 (22 days ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2016-08-06 (10 years ago)
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-31 (22 days ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Starbeamrainbowlabs
marty alain
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL2+
MPL-2.0
GNU-GPL
GPLv3
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP+Javascript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free!
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
All
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
private users, small teams
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux / Windows
probably every OS
Any
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Anything PHP enabled
Apache with PHP support
Any
Other Requirements
none
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 PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
Patch
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
RCS
Plugin
No
No
No
Other
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
n/a
None
Security/Anti-Spam PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
None yet
No
Proprietary
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Optional
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Development/Support PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
206 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
2
German, English
Email notification
Optional
Yes
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
CamelCase
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Optional
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
No
No
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Scripting
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Usability PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
No
Toolbar
Optional
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Optional
No
Statistics PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Output PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Optional
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
XML export
Plugin
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
No
Office Export
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Optional
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Keywords
No
Keywords
Extras PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Calendar
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki alphawiki PageWork
Internal Link
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
[[Internal Link]]s
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
![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
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
# 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'''
**bold text**
{b I am bold}
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
''italic''
_italics_
{i I am italic}
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
{+underlined+}
{u I am underline}
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
@@monospace@@
`code text`
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
{-strikethrough-}
~~strikethough text~~
{del I am line-through}
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
'^superscript^'
sometext^superscript^
E = mc{sup 2}
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
'_subscript_'
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
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
![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
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
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
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
> Blockquote
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* 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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
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
: term : definition
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
----
-------
{hr}
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