EditMe vs. ErfurtWiki vs. PodWiki

General Features EditMe 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
2010-07-12 (16 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
EditMe, LLC
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 $4.95/mo
0
GPL / none
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Teams, Groups, Companies, Individuals
small + medium sites, development teams
average to advanced users
Hosting Features EditMe ErfurtWiki PodWiki
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 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 EditMe 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 EditMe ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
builtin
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Plugin
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
No
Development/Support EditMe 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 EditMe 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 EditMe ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
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
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
No
Unknown
Links EditMe ErfurtWiki PodWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features EditMe ErfurtWiki PodWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Plugin
Math formulas
No
No
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
No
Quoting
No
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
optional
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability EditMe ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Patch
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics EditMe ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Optional
No
Analysis
Yes
No
No
Output EditMe ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Optional
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
Optional
No
PDF Export
No
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files EditMe ErfurtWiki PodWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras EditMe ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples EditMe ErfurtWiki PodWiki
Internal Link
[[PageName]], or Use WYSIWYG editor
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://... Link Text]], or Use WYSIWYG editor
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines
Use WYSIWYG editor
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-B
__bold text__
**bold text**
B<bold>
Italics Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-I
''ialic text''
I<italics>
Underline Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-U
optional or via css
via html only
Monospace Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
==monospaced text==
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
optional or via css
via html only
Superscript Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
^^superscript text^^
via html only
Subscript Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
optional or via css
via html only
Images
[[ImageName]] or Use WYSIWYG editor
[link to the image.jpg]
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
Use WYSIWYG editor
optional or via css
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
Use WYSIWYG editor
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
Use WYSIWYG editor
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists
Use WYSIWYG editor
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

=over

=item 1. listitem

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