Wala Wiki vs. alphawiki

General Features Wala Wiki alphawiki
Version
1.1.7
v.20160608
Last Release Date
2026-03-14 (3 months ago)
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
Author
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
marty alain
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain
GNU-GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP+Javascript
Data Storage
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
private users, small teams
System Requirements Wala Wiki alphawiki
Operating System
Linux, *BSD
probably every OS
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
Any that supports basic CGI.
Apache with PHP support
Other Requirements
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
Datastorage Wala Wiki alphawiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
diffs
None
Security/Anti-Spam Wala Wiki alphawiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
No
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support Wala Wiki 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 Wala Wiki alphawiki
Preview
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features Wala Wiki alphawiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Optional
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Links Wala Wiki alphawiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Syntax Features Wala Wiki alphawiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Usability Wala Wiki alphawiki
Section Editing
No
Optional
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Statistics Wala Wiki alphawiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Output Wala Wiki alphawiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Optional
No
Abbreviations
No
Optional
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Optional
HTML Export
No
Optional
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wala Wiki alphawiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras Wala Wiki 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 Wala Wiki alphawiki
Internal Link
LinkDump, [link dump]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
Headlines
= headline =
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
Bold Format
'''bolded'''
{b I am bold}
Italics Format
''italicized''
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
monospaced.
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
Subscript Format
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
Images
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
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
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
:Block-quoted text.
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
Numbered Lists
# One
# Two
# Three
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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