BlueSpice MediaWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. BookStack

General Features BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
Version
3.2
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
v21.12.1
Last Release Date
2021-03-16 (5 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2022-01-06 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-03-17 (5 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2022-01-08 (4 years ago)
Author
Hallo Welt! GmbH
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Dan Brown
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
Public Domain (!)
MIT
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise + Technical Teams
small + medium sites, development teams
Small to mid-size groups and businesses
System Requirements BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
Operating System
Linux, Windows
any
Linux, Windows and Unix variants
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache 2+ / IIS 8+
anything with PHP support
Apache, Nginx or others with PHP support
Other Requirements
Apache Tomcat 8, ElasticSearch 6+, Java 8+, NodeJS 6+
none
Command-line access, PHP7.3+
Datastorage BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
Text Files
No
Plugin
No
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Other
no
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
SAML2, LDAP, OIDC, ActiveDirectory, Google, GitHub, GitLab, AzureAD, Slack and more
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
No
Development/Support BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Plugin
No
Change Summary
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Patch
Yes
Interface Languages
30
Arabic, Bashkir, Breton, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Interlingua, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Dutch, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lettish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Optional
No
Structured Data
Plugin
No
No
Links BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
CamelCase
No
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Features BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Optional
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Optional
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
No
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Java Script
optional
None
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Patch
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Optional
No
Analysis
Yes
No
No
Output BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Optional
No
PDF Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
Office Export
Optional
Unknown
No
Media and Files BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Optional
Media Search
Keywords
No
Filenames only
Extras BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
No
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
No
Ticket System
Optional
No
No
Chat
Plugin
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples BlueSpice MediaWiki ErfurtWiki BookStack
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
External Link
[http://example.org The title]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
Headlines
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Bold Format
'''bold'''
__bold text__
**bold text**
Italics Format
''italic''
''ialic text''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
optional or via css
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
==monospaced text==
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
optional or via css
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript text^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
optional or via css
Images
[[Image:wiki.png]]
[link to the image.jpg]
Aligning Text
<center>Centered</center>
optional or via css
Text Indentation
: indented line
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

Definition Lists
; term : definition
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
Horizontal Rule
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