EditMe vs. ErfurtWiki vs. PmWiki

General Features EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
Version
N/A
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
2.7.6
Last Release Date
N/A
2005-06-16 (21 years ago)
2026-09-18 (23 days ago)
Last Update here
2010-07-12 (16 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2026-09-18 (23 days ago)
Author
EditMe, LLC
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
Public Domain (!)
GPL2+
Programming Language
N/A
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
N/A
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
From $4.95/mo
0
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Teams, Groups, Companies, Individuals
small + medium sites, development teams
All
Hosting Features EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
Storage Quota
25MB to 4GB
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
1GB to 25GB
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
Operating System
N/A
any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
N/A
No
No
Webserver
N/A
anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
N/A
none
none
Datastorage EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
Text Files
N/A
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
N/A
Plugin
Plugin
PostgreSQL
N/A
Plugin
No
Oracle
N/A
No
No
SQLite
N/A
Plugin
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
N/A
Plugin
No
RCS
N/A
Plugin
Plugin
Other
N/A
no
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
Optional
nofollow
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Optional
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
Optional
Development/Support EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
No
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Plugin
Yes
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
Yes
Special Features EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Patch
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Links EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Plugin
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
Optional
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
optional
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Plugin
Usability EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Optional
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Analysis
Yes
No
Plugin
Output EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Optional
Abbreviations
No
Optional
Plugin
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
Yes
Optional
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Optional
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Yes
No
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples EditMe ErfurtWiki PmWiki
Internal Link
[[PageName]], or Use WYSIWYG editor
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
[[http://... Link Text]], or Use WYSIWYG editor
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
Use WYSIWYG editor
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-B
__bold text__
**bold text**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-I
''ialic text''
''italic''
Underline Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-U
optional or via css
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
==monospaced text==
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
optional or via css
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
^^superscript text^^
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
optional or via css
'_subscript_'
Images
[[ImageName]] or Use WYSIWYG editor
[link to the image.jpg]
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
Use WYSIWYG editor
optional or via css
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
Use WYSIWYG editor
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
Use WYSIWYG editor
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
Use WYSIWYG editor
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Use WYSIWYG editor
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
Use WYSIWYG editor
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