ProWiki vs. PageWork vs. alphawiki

General Features ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
Version
2.0.045
0.4.8
v.20160608
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Pitt Murmann
marty alain
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPLv3
GNU-GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
PHP+Javascript
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Medium-sized sites
private users, small teams
System Requirements ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
Operating System
Unix / Linux
Any
probably every OS
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Any
Apache with PHP support
Other Requirements
none
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Patch
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
None
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
No
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
Development/Support ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
2
German, English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
Links ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Yes
Optional
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Optional
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Unknown
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Usability ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Optional
Statistics ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
No
No
Output ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
Optional
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
Optional
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
No
Extras ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki PageWork alphawiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
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 =
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
Bold Format
'''bold'''
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
{b I am bold}
Italics Format
''italic''
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
This is __underlined__.
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
This is %%monospaced%%.
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
This is --not-- important.
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
E = mc{sup 2}
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
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...]
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
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]
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

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