WikiMatrix

Feature Comparison

General FeaturesDokuWiki DetailsErfurtWiki DetailsPhpWiki DetailsPmWiki Details
Version 2008-05-05 R1.02b phpwiki-1.3.12p2 2.2.0
Last Release Date 2008-05-05 16-06-2005 2006-03-07 2007-01-22
Author Andreas Gohr Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp Patrick R. Michaud
URL wiki.splitbrain.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   All
System RequirementsDokuWiki DetailsErfurtWiki DetailsPhpWiki DetailsPmWiki Details
Operating System UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others no dependence UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access No No No No
Webserver Apache, IIS, Lighttp, 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 none
DatastorageDokuWiki DetailsErfurtWiki DetailsPhpWiki DetailsPmWiki Details
Text Files Yes Plugin Yes Yes
MySQL No Plugin Yes Plugin
PostgreSQL No Plugin Yes No
Oracle No   Yes No
SQLite No Plugin Yes No
BerkeleyDB No Plugin Yes No
RCS No Plugin Yes No
Other None   gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB) Can provide custom data backends
Security/Anti-SpamDokuWiki DetailsErfurtWiki DetailsPhpWiki DetailsPmWiki Details
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 No 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/SupportDokuWiki DetailsErfurtWiki DetailsPhpWiki DetailsPmWiki Details
Commercial Support Yes, 11 listed No Yes, 2 listed Yes, 5 listed
Preconfigured Hosting Yes   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 wiki.splitbrain.org   #wiki #pmwiki on irc.freenode.net
Common FeaturesDokuWiki DetailsErfurtWiki DetailsPhpWiki DetailsPmWiki Details
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  
Special FeaturesDokuWiki DetailsErfurtWiki DetailsPhpWiki DetailsPmWiki Details
Unicode Support Yes No Yes Yes
Right-to-Left Support Yes No No  
Interface Languages 40+ en, de, es, nl, others can be defined Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish 20+
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
LinksDokuWiki DetailsErfurtWiki DetailsPhpWiki DetailsPmWiki Details
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
Syntax FeaturesDokuWiki DetailsErfurtWiki DetailsPhpWiki DetailsPmWiki Details
HTML Tags Optional Plugin Some Plugin
Math formulas Plugin No Plugin Plugin
Tables simple simple + complex simple + complex simple + complex
CREOLE support Plugin   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 No Yes Yes Yes
FAQ Tags No   No Yes
Scripting Optional, PHP optional plugins, templates, PHP Plugin
Content Includes Plugin Plugin Yes Yes
Feed Aggregation Yes Plugin Yes Plugin
Usability