WikyBlog vs. WikkaWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. ErfurtWiki

General Features WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
Version
1.5.4
1.4.2
phpwiki-1.3.14
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
Last Release Date
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
Author
Josh Schmidt
Wikka Development Team
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
Public Domain (!)
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Internet Communities
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Any
small + medium sites, development teams
System Requirements WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any (platform-independent)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
MySQL
mod_rewrite (optional)
various opt. helpers
none
Datastorage WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
Text Files
No
No
Yes
Plugin
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
Plugin
RCS
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
no
Security/Anti-Spam WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
Active Directory (patch)
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Plugin
nofollow
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Patch
Development/Support WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
42 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
No
Patch
Interface Languages
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
0
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
Email notification
No
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
No
Links WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Optional
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
Scripting
No
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
plugins, templates, PHP
optional
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Optional
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Patch
No
Access Keys
Yes
Patch
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Statistics WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Patch
Yes
Optional
Analysis
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Output WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Optional
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Patch
No
Optional
PDF Export
No
No
Yes
Optional
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Extras WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikyBlog WikkaWiki PhpWiki ErfurtWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
External Link
[http://example.org The title]
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
Headlines
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
__bold text__
**bold text**
Italics Format
''italic''
//italic//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''ialic text''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underlined__
<u>underlined</u>
optional or via css
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
##monospaced##
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


==monospaced text==
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
++Strike through text++
<strike>striked through</strike>
optional or via css
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript text^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
<sub>below</sub>
optional or via css
Images
[[Image:wiki.png]]
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.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
[link to the image.jpg]
Aligning Text
<center>Centered</center>
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

optional or via css
Text Indentation
: indented line
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* list
or
- list
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

Definition Lists
; term : definition
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Term:<def>
def
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
Horizontal Rule
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