ProWiki vs. alphawiki

General Features ProWiki alphawiki
Version
2.0.045
v.20160608
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
marty alain
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU-GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP+Javascript
Data Storage
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
private users, small teams
System Requirements ProWiki alphawiki
Operating System
Unix / Linux
probably every OS
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache with PHP support
Other Requirements
none
Datastorage ProWiki alphawiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
None
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki alphawiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ProWiki alphawiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProWiki alphawiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features ProWiki alphawiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Links ProWiki alphawiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Syntax Features ProWiki alphawiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Usability ProWiki alphawiki
Section Editing
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Statistics ProWiki alphawiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
No
Output ProWiki alphawiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Optional
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Optional
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki alphawiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras ProWiki alphawiki
Calendar
Yes
Optional
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki alphawiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
Headlines
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
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
''italic''
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
E = mc{sup 2}
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
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
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

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

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