Wala Wiki vs. ProWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. PageWork vs. alphawiki

General Features Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
Version
1.1.7
2.0.045
1.5.1
0.4.8
v.20160608
Last Release Date
2026-03-29 (4 months ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
Author
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
Helmut Leitner
PukiWiki Development Team
Pitt Murmann
marty alain
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPLv3
GNU-GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
PHP
PHP
PHP+Javascript
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
One theme, one PukiWiki
Medium-sized sites
private users, small teams
System Requirements Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
Operating System
Linux, *BSD
Unix / Linux
OS independent
Any
probably every OS
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Any that supports basic CGI.
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any
Apache with PHP support
Other Requirements
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
none
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Patch
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
No
Other
diffs
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
None
Security/Anti-Spam Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Proprietary
No
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Patch
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Patch
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Yes
No
Development/Support Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
To current
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
2
German, English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comments
Flat
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Links Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Optional
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
No
Patch
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
No
Syntax Features Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
HTML Tags
None
Some
Plugin
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Patch
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
No
Optional
Statistics Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Yes
No
No
No
Output Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Auto-TOC
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
XML export
No
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Keywords
No
Extras Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wala Wiki ProWiki PukiWiki PageWork alphawiki
Internal Link
LinkDump, [link dump]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
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 =
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
= 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
'''bolded'''
'''bold'''
''bold''
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
{b I am bold}
Italics Format
''italicized''
''italic''
'''italic'''
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
%%%underlined%%%
This is __underlined__.
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
monospaced.
<tt>monospace</tt>
N/A
This is %%monospaced%%.
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
%%strikethrough%%
This is --not-- important.
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
N/A
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
E = mc{sup 2}
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
N/A
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://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
{{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]
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
:Block-quoted text.
: indented line
:: indented line
N/A
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* 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
# One
# Two
# Three
# numbered list
## numbered list
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# 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
: term : definition
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
Horizontal Rule
----
----
--------------------
---
{hr}
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