| General Features | BookStack | Encycla |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
v21.12.1
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N/A
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| Last Release Date |
2022-01-06 (4 years ago)
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N/A
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| Last Update here |
2022-01-08 (4 years ago)
|
2021-02-13 (5 years ago)
|
| Author |
Dan Brown
|
Encycla
|
| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
N/A
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| License |
MIT
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N/A
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| Programming Language |
PHP
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N/A
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| Data Storage |
Database
|
N/A
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| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
Free
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| Development status |
Mature
|
N/A
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| Intended Audience |
Small to mid-size groups and businesses
|
General public
|
| Hosting Features | BookStack | Encycla |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
|
n/a
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
n/a
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| Other Limits |
N/A
|
n/a
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| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
n/a
|
| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
No
|
| Own Domain |
N/A
|
No
|
| Ads allowed |
N/A
|
No
|
| System Requirements | BookStack | Encycla |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows and Unix variants
|
N/A
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| Root Access |
No
|
N/A
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| Webserver |
Apache, Nginx or others with PHP support
|
N/A
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| Other Requirements |
Command-line access, PHP7.3+
|
N/A
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| Datastorage | BookStack | Encycla |
| Text Files |
No
|
N/A
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| MySQL |
Yes
|
N/A
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| PostgreSQL |
No
|
N/A
|
| Oracle |
No
|
N/A
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| SQLite |
No
|
N/A
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| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
N/A
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| RCS |
No
|
N/A
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| Other |
MariaDB
|
N/A
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | BookStack | Encycla |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
SAML2, LDAP, OIDC, ActiveDirectory, Google, GitHub, GitLab, AzureAD, Slack and more
|
N/A
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| Host Blocking |
No
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
No
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Unknown
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Development/Support | BookStack | Encycla |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
N/A
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| Code Repository |
N/A
|
|
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel | ||
| Stars on GitHub |
19080 ⭐
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | BookStack | Encycla |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Restricted by Number
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
No
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
No
|
| Special Features | BookStack | Encycla |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
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 |
1
English |
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
No
|
| Categories |
Optional
|
No
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Detection
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Titles only
|
| Wiki Farming |
No
|
N/A
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
No
|
| Links | BookStack | Encycla |
| CamelCase |
No
|
No
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
Unknown
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| InterWiki |
No
|
Unknown
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| SisterWiki |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Page Redirects |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | BookStack | Encycla |
| HTML Tags |
Optional
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple
|
none
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Custom styles |
Optional
|
No
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
None
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
No
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
No
|
| Usability | BookStack | Encycla |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | BookStack | Encycla |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Unknown
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| Output | BookStack | Encycla |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
No
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
No
|
No
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Unknown
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Auto-TOC |
No
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
Unknown
|
| PDF Export |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Office Export |
No
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | BookStack | Encycla |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Optional
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Filenames only
|
No
|
| Extras | BookStack | Encycla |
| Calendar |
No
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
No
|
| Presentations |
No
|
No
|
| Forums |
No
|
No
|
| Blogs |
No
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
No
|
| Chat |
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | BookStack | Encycla |
| Internal Link |
|
Rich text editing OR markdown: [Title](/Pagename) |
| External Link |
|
Rich text editing OR markdown: [Title](http://example.com) |
| Headlines |
|
Rich text editing OR markdown: # Headline |
| Bold Format |
|
Rich text editing OR markdown: **bold** |
| Italics Format |
|
Rich text editing OR markdown: *italic* |
| Underline Format |
|
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| Monospace Format |
|
Rich text editing OR markdown: `mono` |
| Strikethrough Format |
|
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| Superscript Format |
|
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| Subscript Format |
|
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| Images |
|
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| Aligning Text |
|
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| Text Indentation |
|
Rich text editing OR markdown lists. |
| Bulleted Lists |
|
Rich text editing OR markdown lists. |
| Numbered Lists |
|
Rich text editing OR markdown lists. |
| Definition Lists |
|
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| Horizontal Rule |
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