| General Features | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
Version |
2009-02-14b |
R1.02b (kind of final release :-) |
phpwiki-1.3.14 |
2.2.0 |
Last Release Date |
2009-02-14 |
16-06-2005 |
2007-07-01 |
2009-01-18 |
Author |
Andreas Gohr |
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger |
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau |
Patrick R. Michaud |
URL |
www.dokuwiki.org |
erfurtwiki.sourceforge.net |
phpwiki.sourceforge.net |
www.pmwiki.org |
Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
License |
GPL 2 |
Public Domain (!) |
GPL |
GPL2 |
Programming Language |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
PHP |
Data Storage |
Files |
Files, DB, RCS |
Files, DB, RCS |
Files |
License Cost/ Fee |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
Intended Audience |
private, small to medium companies |
small + medium sites, development teams |
Any |
All |
| System Requirements | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
Operating System |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others |
any |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others |
Root Access |
 No |
 No |
 No |
 No |
Webserver |
Apache, IIS, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support |
anything with PHP support |
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support |
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver. |
Other Requirements |
|
 none |
various opt. helpers |
 none |
| Datastorage | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
Text Files |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
MySQL |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
PostgreSQL |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 No |
Oracle |
 No |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
SQLite |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 No |
BerkeleyDB |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 No |
RCS |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 No |
Other |
 None |
 no |
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB) |
Can provide custom data backends |
| Security/Anti-Spam | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
Page Permissions |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
ACL |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Authentication Backends |
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL |
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other |
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver |
.htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory, MySQL, (custom available) |
Host Blocking |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 No |
 Optional |
Mail Encryption |
 Optional |
 Plugin |
 No |
 Plugin |
nofollow |
 Optional |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Blacklist |
 Optional |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Optional |
CAPTCHA |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Delayed Indexing |
 Optional |
 Patch |
 No |
 No |
| Development/Support | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
Commercial Support |
 Yes, 20 listed |
 No |
 Yes, 1 listed |
 Yes, 6 listed |
Preconfigured Hosting |
 Yes |
 No |
 No |
 Yes |
Code Repository |
dev.splitbrain.org |
erfurtwiki.sourceforge.net |
sf.net |
svn://pmwiki.org/pmwiki/tags/latest |
Issue Tracker |
bugs.splitbrain.org |
erfurtwiki.sourceforge.net |
sf.net |
www.pmwiki.org |
Mailing List |
www.freelists.org |
erfurtwiki.sourceforge.net |
sf.net |
www.pmichaud.com |
Support Forum |
forum.dokuwiki.org |
sourceforge.net |
sf.net |
www.pmichaud.com |
IRC Channel |
www.dokuwiki.org |
not yet :-) |
#phpwiki |
#pmwiki on irc.freenode.net |
| Common Features | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
Preview |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Minor Changes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Change Summary |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Page History |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Page Revisions |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Revision Diffs |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
Page Index |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Plugin System |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
| Special Features | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
Unicode Support |
 Yes |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Right-to-Left Support |
 Yes |
 Patch |
 No |
|
Interface Languages |
 46 languages Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Galician, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Marathi, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
 4 languages German, English, Spanish, Dutch |
 9 languages German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional |
 27 languages Breton, Catalan, Danish, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Vietnamese |
Email notification |
 Optional |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Optional |
Comments |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Categories |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Namespaces |
 Yes |
 No |
 No |
 Yes |
Page Redirection |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Conflict Handling |
Page Locking |
Page Locking |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Resolution |
Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Wiki Farming |
 Patch |
 Optional |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Structured Data |
 Plugin |
 No |
 Patch |
 Yes |
| Links | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
CamelCase |
 Optional |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Optional |
Freelinks |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Backlinks |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
InterWiki |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
SisterWiki |
 No |
 Plugin |
 No |
 No |
Image Links |
 Yes |
 Patch |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Windows Shares |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Page Redirects |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
| Syntax Features | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
HTML Tags |
 Optional |
 Plugin |
Some |
 Plugin |
Math formulas |
 Plugin |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Tables |
simple |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
CREOLE support |
 Plugin |
 Optional |
 No |
 Optional |
Markdown Support |
 Plugin |
 No |
 No |
 Plugin |
Textile Support |
 Plugin |
 No |
 No |
 No |
BBCode Support |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 No |
 No |
Emoticon Images |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 No |
 Plugin |
Syntax Highlighting |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Footnotes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Quoting |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Internal Comments |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Custom styles |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
FAQ Tags |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
 Yes |
Scripting |
Optional, PHP |
 optional |
plugins, templates, PHP |
 Plugin |
Content Includes |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Feed Aggregation |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
| Usability | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
Section Editing |
 Yes |
 No |
 No |
 Plugin |
Page Templates |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Double-Click Edit |
 No |
 Patch |
 Optional |
 Plugin |
Toolbar |
 Yes |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
WYSIWYG Editing |
 Plugin |
 No |
 Patch |
 Plugin |
Access Keys |
 Yes |
 Optional |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Auto Signature |
 Yes |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
| Statistics | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
Recent Changes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Wanted Pages |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Optional |
Orphaned Pages |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Optional |
Most/Least Popular |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 No |
Recent Visitors |
 No |
 Optional |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Analysis |
 Plugin |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
| Output | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
HTML |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
HTML 4 |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
CSS Stylesheets |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Printer Friendly |
Print CSS |
Print CSS |
Print CSS |
Print View |
Mobile Friendly |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
 Plugin |
Themes & Skins |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
RSS Feeds |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
ATOM Feeds |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 No |
 Yes |
Abbreviations |
 Yes |
 Optional |
 No |
 Plugin |
Auto-TOC |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Raw Export |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
HTML Export |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
XML export |
 No |
 Optional |
 No |
 Plugin |
PDF Export |
 Plugin |
 Optional |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
| Media and Files | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
File Attachments |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Optional |
Media Revisions |
 No |
 No |
 Yes |
 Optional |
Embedded Flash |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Embedded Video |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Image Editing |
 No |
 No |
 No |
 Plugin |
SVG Editing |
 Plugin |
 No |
 No |
 Plugin |
MindMap Editing |
 Plugin |
 No |
 No |
|
Media Search |
 No |
 No |
 No |
 No |
| Extras | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
Calendar |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Image Galleries |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Forums |
 No |
 No |
 Yes |
|
Blogs |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Ticket System |
 No |
 No |
 No |
 Plugin |
| Syntax Examples | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki  | PhpWiki  | PmWiki  |
Internal Link |
 [[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]] |
 WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
|
 WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ] |
 [[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[page name #anchor]] |
External Link |
 [[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]] |
 http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net |
 http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ] |
 http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]] |
Headlines |
 ====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 == |
 !!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline |
 !!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
|
 ! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3 |
Bold Format |
 **bold** |
 __bold text__
**bold text**
|
 *bold* or
<strong>bold</strong> |
 '''bold''' |
Italics Format |
 //italics// |
 ''ialic text'' |
 _italics_ or
or
<em>italics</em> |
 ''italic'' |
Underline Format |
 __underlined__ |
 optional or via css |
 <u>underlined</u> |
 {+underlined+} |
Monospace Format |
 ''monospace'' |
 ==monospaced text== |
 <tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>
|
 @@monospace@@ |
Strikethrough Format |
 <del>strikethrough</del> |
 optional or via css |
 <strike>striked through</strike> |
 {-strikethrough-} |
Superscript Format |
 <sup>superscript</sup> |
 ^^superscript text^^ |
 <sup>above</sup> |
 '^superscript^' |
Subscript Format |
 <sub>subscript</sub> |
 optional or via css
|
 <sub>below</sub> |
 '_subscript_' |
Images |
 {{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}} |
 [link to the image.jpg]
|
 [ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%]
 external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40]
 view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ]
 view and link to another image
|
 http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg |
Aligning Text |
 N/A
|
 optional or via css |
 <?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>
|
 %center% centered text
%right% right aligned |
Text Indentation |
 N/A
|
   just use 3 spaces or tabs
  indented text
|
 ;: left indent
;;: more left indent
or
  paragraph
    and another level
|
 -> indented text |
Bulleted Lists |
  * item 1
   * item 1.1
 * item 2
|
 * Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
|
 * list
 or
- list |
 * Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2 |
Numbered Lists |
  - item 1
   - item 1.1
 - item 2
|
 # Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b
|
 # list |
 # Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2 |
Definition Lists |
 Plugin
|
 :definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
|
 Term:<def>
 def |
 : term : definition |
Horizontal Rule |
 ---- |
 ---- |
 ---- |
 ---- |
| Last updated | 2009-05-27 | 2009-06-28 | 2009-04-03 | 2009-01-22 |
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