ConnectedText vs. ErfurtWiki vs. Friki

General Features ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
Version
5.0.0.1
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
2.1.1
Last Release Date
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
Author
Eduardo Mauro
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Frank Carver
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
License
Commercial
Public Domain (!)
ASL or LGPL
Programming Language
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
39,95
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
small + medium sites, development teams
private users and small teams
System Requirements ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
Operating System
Windows
any
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
No need
anything with PHP support
Any that can run or call Java
Other Requirements
none
none
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
Text Files
Yes
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Other
Firebird
no
Security/Anti-Spam ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
No need
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
No
nofollow
No
Plugin
Optional
Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
No
Development/Support ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
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
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Patch
Unknown
Interface Languages
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
0
Email notification
No
Plugin
No
Comments
Flat
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
No
Unknown
Links ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Yes
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Optional
Textile Support
No
No
Optional
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Optional
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
No
Plugin
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Yes
optional
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Usability ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Patch
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
Optional
Yes
Analysis
Yes
No
No
Output ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
Optional
No
PDF Export
No
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
Calendar
Yes
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 ConnectedText ErfurtWiki Friki
Internal Link
[[wiki page]]
[[wiki page|Title]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
External Link
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
Headlines
= Head1 =
== Head 2 ==
=== Head 3 ====
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold text__
**bold text**
'''bold''
Italics Format
//italic//
''ialic text''
''italic''
Underline Format
__Underline__
optional or via css
Monospace Format
{{{Monospace}}}
==monospaced text==
monospace
Strikethrough Format
--Strikethrough--
optional or via css
Superscript Format
^^Superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
Subscript Format
vvSubscriptvv
optional or via css
Images
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]]
[link to the image.jpg]
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
Aligning Text
~~Centered text~~
optional or via css
Text Indentation
: First level of indenting
:: Second level
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
:        indented
Bulleted Lists
* First item
* Seconditem
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* first
* second
Numbered Lists
1. First item
1. Second item
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

1. first
1. second
Definition Lists
;Term:Definition
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
title:        description
Horizontal Rule
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