PodWiki vs. alphawiki

General Features PodWiki alphawiki
Version
0.9.1
v.20160608
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2016-08-06 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2016-09-10 (10 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
marty alain
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU-GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP+Javascript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
private users, small teams
System Requirements PodWiki alphawiki
Operating System
Unix
probably every OS
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
apache
Apache with PHP support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage PodWiki alphawiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
None
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki alphawiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
No
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support PodWiki alphawiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features PodWiki alphawiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features PodWiki alphawiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Optional
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links PodWiki alphawiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Syntax Features PodWiki alphawiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
Scripting
Perl
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability PodWiki alphawiki
Section Editing
No
Optional
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Optional
Auto Signature
No
Optional
Statistics PodWiki alphawiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Output PodWiki alphawiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Optional
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Optional
HTML Export
No
Optional
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki alphawiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras PodWiki alphawiki
Calendar
Unknown
Optional
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki alphawiki
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

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

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
Bold Format
B<bold>
{b I am bold}
Italics Format
I<italics>
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
via html only
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
via html only
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
via html only
E = mc{sup 2}
Subscript Format
via html only
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
Images
G<logo.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"
}}
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
Definition Lists
via html only
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
Horizontal Rule
---
{hr}
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