| General Features | DokuWiki  | ErfurtWiki | PhpWiki | PmWiki |
 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 Requirements | DokuWiki | ErfurtWiki | PhpWiki | PmWiki |
| 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 |
| Datastorage | DokuWiki | ErfurtWiki | PhpWiki | PmWiki |
| 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-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 |
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/Support | DokuWiki | ErfurtWiki | PhpWiki | PmWiki |
| 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 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 |
|
| Special Features | DokuWiki | ErfurtWiki | PhpWiki | PmWiki |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|
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 | |
Wikis
Forums
Podcatchers
Weblogs
