| General Features | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
5.0.0.1
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R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
|
0.9.1
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1.2.2
|
3.4.9
|
| Last Release Date |
2005-06-16 (21 years ago)
|
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
|
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
|
2008-11-10 (17 years ago)
|
|
| Last Update here |
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
|
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
|
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
|
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
|
2008-11-21 (17 years ago)
|
| Author |
Eduardo Mauro
|
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
|
Thomas Linden
|
Clifford Adams
|
Dale Lane
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| License |
Commercial
|
Public Domain (!)
|
GPL
|
GPL
|
N/A
|
| Programming Language |
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
|
PHP
|
Perl
|
Perl
|
C#
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
Files, RCS
|
Files
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
39,95
|
0
|
GPL / none
|
0
|
Free
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
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
|
average to advanced users
|
Users wanting to be able to view/edit their wiki from a mobile phone or PDA, with a simple wiki that needs almost no setup
|
|
| System Requirements | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
| Operating System |
Windows
|
any
|
Unix
|
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
|
Windows, Windows Mobile
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
No need
|
anything with PHP support
|
apache
|
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
|
N/A
|
| Other Requirements |
none
|
none
|
mod_rewrite optional
|
.NET 2 Framework
|
|
| Datastorage | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
Firebird
|
no
|
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
|
No
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
| Page Permissions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
No need
|
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
|
builtin
|
No
|
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
| # of Consultants | |||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| Code Repository | |||||
| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Mailing List | |||||
| Support Forum | |||||
| Chat Channel |
not yet :-)
|
#49
|
|||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
No
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Special Features | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese |
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch |
1
English |
0
|
0
|
| Email notification |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
Plugin
|
Threaded
|
No
|
No
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
None
|
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Detection
|
None
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Links | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
| CamelCase |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Some
|
All
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple
|
simple
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Scripting |
Yes
|
optional
|
Perl
|
None
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Usability | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Yes
|
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Statistics | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Output | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
No
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media Search |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| Extras | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | ConnectedText | ErfurtWiki | PodWiki | UseMod | bLADE Wiki |
| Internal Link |
[[wiki page]] [[wiki page|Title]] |
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] |
|
[Link to a page] |
| External Link |
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]] [[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]] |
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net [http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here] mario@wiki.net |
L<http://www.daemon.de> |
|
[http://www.linkme.com] |
| Headlines |
= Head1 = == Head 2 == === Head 3 ==== |
!!! Big Headline !! Medium Headline ! Section Headline |
=head1 The Weather |
= Level 1 = == Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ====== |
+Heading |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
__bold text__ **bold text** |
B<bold> |
'''bold''' |
*bold text* |
| Italics Format |
//italic// |
''ialic text'' |
I<italics> |
''italic'' |
=italic text= |
| Underline Format |
__Underline__ |
optional or via css |
via html only |
<u>underline</u> |
_underlined text_ |
| Monospace Format |
{{{Monospace}}} |
==monospaced text== |
put a space in front of monospaced text |
<tt>for monospace text</tt> |
[|code sample|] |
| Strikethrough Format |
--Strikethrough-- |
optional or via css |
via html only |
N/A |
-strikethrough text- |
| Superscript Format |
^^Superscript^^ |
^^superscript text^^ |
via html only |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
|
| Subscript Format |
vvSubscriptvv |
optional or via css |
via html only |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
|
| Images |
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]] |
[link to the image.jpg] |
G<logo.png> |
http://url.com/pic.gif |
[$image.jpg$] |
| Aligning Text |
~~Centered text~~ |
optional or via css |
via stylesheet only |
N/A |
|
| Text Indentation |
: First level of indenting :: Second level |
just use 3 spaces or tabs indented text |
via stylesheet only |
: indented |
> blockquote text |
| Bulleted Lists |
* First item * Seconditem |
* Item A * Item B ** Item B1 |
=over =item* listitem =back |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
- bulleted |
| Numbered Lists |
1. First item 1. Second item |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 ##* Item 1.1a ##* Item 1.1b |
=over =item 1. listitem =back |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
# numbered |
| Definition Lists |
;Term:Definition |
:definition: explanation :anotherdef: another description |
via html only |
;Term:Definition |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
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