ConnectedText vs. Friki vs. ErfurtWiki

General Features ConnectedText Friki ErfurtWiki
Version
5.0.0.1
2.1.1
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-02-19 (6 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
Author
Eduardo Mauro
Frank Carver
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
License
Commercial
ASL or LGPL
Public Domain (!)
Programming Language
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
Java
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database, Files, RCS
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
private users and small teams
small + medium sites, development teams
System Requirements ConnectedText Friki ErfurtWiki
Operating System
Windows
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
No need
Any that can run or call Java
anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
none
Java 1.3 or later
none
Datastorage ConnectedText Friki ErfurtWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Plugin
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
Firebird
no
Security/Anti-Spam ConnectedText Friki ErfurtWiki
Page Permissions
No
No
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
No need
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Host Blocking
No
Patch
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
Plugin
nofollow
No
Optional
Plugin
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Patch
Development/Support ConnectedText Friki ErfurtWiki
# 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 Friki ErfurtWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Plugin
Change Summary
Yes
No
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ConnectedText Friki ErfurtWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Patch
Interface Languages
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
0
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
Email notification
No
No
Plugin
Comments
Flat
No
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
No
Unknown
No
Conflict Handling
None
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
Links ConnectedText Friki ErfurtWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Patch
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features ConnectedText Friki ErfurtWiki
HTML Tags
Some
None
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Optional
Markdown Support
No
Optional
No
Textile Support
No
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
No
No
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
Yes
optional
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Usability ConnectedText Friki ErfurtWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics ConnectedText Friki ErfurtWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Optional
Analysis
Yes
No
No
Output ConnectedText Friki ErfurtWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Optional
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Optional
PDF Export
No
No
Optional
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ConnectedText Friki ErfurtWiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras ConnectedText Friki ErfurtWiki
Calendar
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ConnectedText Friki ErfurtWiki
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''
__bold text__
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
''ialic text''
Underline Format
__Underline__
optional or via css
Monospace Format
{{{Monospace}}}
monospace
==monospaced text==
Strikethrough Format
--Strikethrough--
optional or via css
Superscript Format
^^Superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
Subscript Format
vvSubscriptvv
optional or via css
Images
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]]
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
[link to the image.jpg]
Aligning Text
~~Centered text~~
optional or via css
Text Indentation
: First level of indenting
:: Second level
:        indented
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* First item
* Seconditem
* first
* second
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
Numbered Lists
1. First item
1. Second item
1. first
1. second
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

Definition Lists
;Term:Definition
title:        description
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
Horizontal Rule
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