Wala Wiki vs. PukiWiki vs. alphawiki vs. mobiki

General Features Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
Version
1.1.7
1.5.1
v.20160608
2016-06-26
Last Release Date
2026-03-29 (4 months ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2016-06-26 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2016-06-26 (10 years ago)
Author
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
PukiWiki Development Team
marty alain
Martin D�ring
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GNU-GPL
MIT
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
PHP+Javascript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
One theme, one PukiWiki
private users, small teams
Text centric websites and mobile use
System Requirements Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
Operating System
Linux, *BSD
OS independent
probably every OS
any
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Any that supports basic CGI.
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache with PHP support
any
Other Requirements
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
PHP 5.4+
Datastorage Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
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
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
diffs
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
None
Security/Anti-Spam Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
No
Host Blocking
No
Patch
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Patch
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
To current
To current
No
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
1
English
0
Email notification
No
Yes
No
No
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Namespaces
No
No
Optional
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
No
No
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Links Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
No
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Patch
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
No
No
Syntax Features Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
HTML Tags
None
Plugin
Optional
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
simple
complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Optional
No
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Unknown
No
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
Section Editing
No
Patch
Optional
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Patch
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Optional
No
Statistics Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
HTML Export
No
No
Optional
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
File Attachments
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Extras Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Optional
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wala Wiki PukiWiki alphawiki mobiki
Internal Link
LinkDump, [link dump]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
[Internal Link]
External Link
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
Headlines
= headline =
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
!Headline
Bold Format
'''bolded'''
''bold''
{b I am bold}
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italicized''
'''italic'''
{i I am italic}
''italics''
Underline Format
%%%underlined%%%
{u I am underline}
n/a
Monospace Format
monospaced.
N/A
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
n/a
Strikethrough Format
%%strikethrough%%
{del I am line-through}
n/a
Superscript Format
N/A
E = mc{sup 2}
n/a
Subscript Format
N/A
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
n/a
Images
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
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"
}}
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
Aligning Text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
{center I am centered}
___
aligned text
___
Text Indentation
:Block-quoted text.
N/A
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
n/a
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
- 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
* One
* Two
Numbered Lists
# One
# Two
# Three
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
Definition Lists
:term|definition
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
n/a
Horizontal Rule
----
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{hr}
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