WikiCrowd vs. alphawiki vs. Wala Wiki vs. PageWork vs. PukiWiki

General Features WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
Version
0.0.16
v.20160608
1.1.7
0.4.8
1.5.1
Last Release Date
29 Nov, 2010
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2026-03-14 (3 months ago)
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-11-29 (15 years ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Stas Davydov
marty alain
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
Pitt Murmann
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
GNU-GPL
Public Domain
GPLv3
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
PHP, XSL, JavaScript
PHP+Javascript
Perl
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
none
0
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Personal, Corporate, Community
private users, small teams
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
Medium-sized sites
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
Operating System
Any
probably every OS
Linux, *BSD
Any
OS independent
Root Access
No
Yes
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache
Apache with PHP support
Any that supports basic CGI.
Any
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2 or later, Apache mod_rewrite, iconv
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
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
No
No
No
No
Other
No
None
diffs
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
No
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
Proprietary
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
No
No
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
No
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Yes
No
Development/Support WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
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 WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
Preview
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
To current
No
To current
Between all
To current
Sitemap
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Interface Languages
2
English, Russian
1
English
1
English
2
German, English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
No
No
No
No
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Flat
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Optional
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Links WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
CamelCase
No
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Optional
No
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Unknown
No
Patch
Page Redirects
No
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Features WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
All
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + 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
No
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
Plugin, JavaScript
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Optional
Yes
No
No
Statistics WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
No
Output WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Optional
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
HTML Export
No
Optional
No
Plugin
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Keywords
No
Extras WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
Calendar
No
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Blogs
No
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiCrowd alphawiki Wala Wiki PageWork PukiWiki
Internal Link
@page "Another Wiki Page"
@page[Wiki Page] "Link to Wiki Page"
@page[Wiki Page]
[[Wiki Page or URL]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
LinkDump, [link dump]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
@page[http://wikimatrix.org]
@page[http://wikimatrix.org] "It's a link to WikiMatrix"
[[http://wikimatrix.org]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
@title Some Title
@subtitle Some Subtitle
@subsubtitle Some Subsubtitle
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
= headline =
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
*bold*
{b I am bold}
'''bolded'''
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
''bold''
Italics Format
//italic//
{i I am italic}
''italicized''
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
'''italic'''
Underline Format
No
{u I am underline}
This is __underlined__.
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
No
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
monospaced.
This is %%monospaced%%.
N/A
Strikethrough Format
No
{del I am line-through}
This is --not-- important.
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
^superscript^
E = mc{sup 2}
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
N/A
Subscript Format
_subscript_
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^^^}
N/A
Images
@img url
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://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
No
{center I am centered}
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
No
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
:Block-quoted text.
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
N/A
Bulleted Lists
@listitem Red
Green
Blue
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
No
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
# One
# Two
# Three
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
No
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
: term : definition
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
No
{hr}
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