ProntoWiki vs. alphawiki

General Features ProntoWiki alphawiki
Version
1.0.1
v.20160608
Last Release Date
2026-10-16 (today)
2016-08-06 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (20 years ago)
2016-09-10 (10 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
marty alain
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GNU-GPL
Programming Language
C#
PHP+Javascript
Data Storage
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
System Requirements ProntoWiki alphawiki
Operating System
Windows
probably every OS
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
IIS 5+
Apache with PHP support
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage ProntoWiki alphawiki
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
RCS
Unknown
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
None
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki alphawiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
No
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki alphawiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki alphawiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features ProntoWiki alphawiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Optional
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links ProntoWiki alphawiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
InterWiki
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Syntax Features ProntoWiki alphawiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
Tables
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Footnotes
Optional
Yes
Quoting
Optional
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Usability ProntoWiki 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 ProntoWiki alphawiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Optional
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Output ProntoWiki alphawiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Optional
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Raw Export
No
Optional
HTML Export
No
Optional
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki alphawiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Extras ProntoWiki 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 ProntoWiki alphawiki
Internal Link
[pagename]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
{title|url}
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
Bold Format
**bold**
{b I am bold}
Italics Format
''italics''
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
__under__
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
E = mc{sup 2}
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
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
available through custom tags
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

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