PukiWiki vs. Foswiki vs. alphawiki vs. PageWork

General Features PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
Version
1.5.1
2.1.11
v.20160608
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2026-03-15 (5 months ago)
2016-08-06 (10 years ago)
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2026-03-15 (5 months ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
PukiWiki Development Team
Foswiki Community
marty alain
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
GNU-GPL
GPLv3
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP+Javascript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
private users, small teams
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
Operating System
OS independent
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
probably every OS
Any
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Apache with PHP support
Any
Other Requirements
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Patch
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
Other
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
caching of content into database using plugins
None
Security/Anti-Spam PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
No
Proprietary
Host Blocking
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
Patch
Plugin
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Development/Support PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
118 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
2
German, English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Features PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
Section Editing
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Optional
No
Statistics PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
No
Output PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin
HTML Export
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
XML export
No
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Keywords
Extras PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PukiWiki Foswiki alphawiki PageWork
Internal Link
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
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
** Level 2
*** Level 3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
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*
{b I am bold}
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
'''italic'''
_italic_
{i I am italic}
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
%%%underlined%%%
<u>underline</u>
{u I am underline}
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
N/A
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
%%strikethrough%%
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
{del I am line-through}
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
N/A
<sup>superscript</sup>
E = mc{sup 2}
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
N/A
<sub>subscript</sub>
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
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"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:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
{center I am centered}
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Text Indentation
N/A
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
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
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
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
$ Term: Definition
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
--------------------
---
{hr}
---
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