Zim vs. PageWork

General Features Zim PageWork
Version
0.56
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPLv3
Programming Language
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small teams
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements Zim PageWork
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
Any
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
None
Any
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage Zim PageWork
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Patch
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
RCS
Plugin
No
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Zim PageWork
Page Permissions
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
File permissions
Proprietary
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
Development/Support Zim PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features Zim PageWork
Preview
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features Zim PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
German, English
Email notification
No
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Links Zim PageWork
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Optional
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Syntax Features Zim PageWork
HTML Tags
None
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
none
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Scripting
None
Content Includes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Usability Zim PageWork
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics Zim PageWork
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output Zim PageWork
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Optional
Themes & Skins
Optional
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Zim PageWork
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
Extras Zim PageWork
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Zim PageWork
Internal Link
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Headlines
=== Heading ===
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Bold Format
**bold**
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
//italic//
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
__underline__
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
``monospace``
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
~~strike~~
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
^{sup}
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
_{sub}
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
Images
{{./image.png}}
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
Aligning Text
not implemented
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
Numbered Lists
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
Definition Lists
not implemented
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
not implemented
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