BrainKeeper vs. ErfurtWiki vs. PodWiki

General Features BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Version
N/A
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
0.9.1
Last Release Date
N/A
2005-06-16 (21 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
Public Domain (!)
GPL
Programming Language
N/A
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
N/A
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
GPL / none
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
small + medium sites, development teams
average to advanced users
Hosting Features BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Storage Quota
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
No Restrictions
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
No
N/A
N/A
System Requirements BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Operating System
N/A
any
Unix
Root Access
N/A
No
No
Webserver
N/A
anything with PHP support
apache
Other Requirements
N/A
none
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Text Files
N/A
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
N/A
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
N/A
Plugin
No
Oracle
N/A
No
No
SQLite
N/A
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
Plugin
No
RCS
N/A
Plugin
Yes
Other
N/A
no
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
builtin
Host Blocking
Unknown
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
No
Development/Support BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
No
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Plugin
No
Change Summary
Yes
Plugin
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Patch
No
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
No
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Plugin
Math formulas
No
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Yes
BBCode Support
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
optional
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Patch
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Optional
No
Analysis
Yes
No
No
Output BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Optional
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
Optional
No
PDF Export
Yes
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Internal Link
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format
__bold text__
**bold text**
B<bold>
Italics Format
''ialic text''
I<italics>
Underline Format
optional or via css
via html only
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format
optional or via css
via html only
Superscript Format
^^superscript text^^
via html only
Subscript Format
optional or via css
via html only
Images
[link to the image.jpg]
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
optional or via css
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
via html only
Horizontal Rule
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