alphawiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. ErfurtWiki

General Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Version
v.20160608
5.1.21
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
Author
marty alain
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
BSD
Public Domain (!)
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
small + medium sites, development teams
System Requirements alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Operating System
probably every OS
Any
any
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
A common browser
none
Datastorage alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Plugin
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
None
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
no
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
optional extensions available
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
Plugin
nofollow
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Patch
Development/Support alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8587 ⭐
N/A
Common Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
Email notification
No
Unknown
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
Links alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Patch
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Optional
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
JavaScript
optional
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Plugin
Usability alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Section Editing
Optional
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Patch
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Optional
Plugin
No
Statistics alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Optional
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Optional
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Optional
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Calendar
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
No
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples alphawiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
External Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
Headlines
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
''bold''
__bold text__
**bold text**
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
//italic//
''ialic text''
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
__underline__
optional or via css
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
{{{monospaced}}}
==monospaced text==
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
--strikethrough--
optional or via css
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
^^superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
Subscript Format
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
~~subscript~~
optional or via css
Images
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[link to the image.jpg]
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
optional or via css
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
Numbered Lists
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
; term
: description
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
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