ErfurtWiki vs. BrainKeeper vs. PodWiki

General Features ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
Version
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
N/A
0.9.1
Last Release Date
2005-06-16 (21 years ago)
N/A
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
Public Domain (!)
N/A
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
N/A
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
N/A
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
GPL / none
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
small + medium sites, development teams
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
average to advanced users
Hosting Features ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Restrictions
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
N/A
System Requirements ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
Operating System
any
N/A
Unix
Root Access
No
N/A
No
Webserver
anything with PHP support
N/A
apache
Other Requirements
none
N/A
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
Text Files
Plugin
N/A
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
N/A
No
Oracle
No
N/A
No
SQLite
Plugin
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
N/A
No
RCS
Plugin
N/A
Yes
Other
no
N/A
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
N/A
builtin
Host Blocking
Plugin
Unknown
No
Mail Encryption
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
nofollow
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Plugin
Unknown
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Patch
No
No
Development/Support ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
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 ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
Yes
No
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Patch
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
N/A
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Unknown
Links ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Patch
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
Unknown
Yes
BBCode Support
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Unknown
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
optional
Perl
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Patch
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
Recent Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Unknown
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Optional
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Output ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Optional
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Optional
Yes
No
PDF Export
Optional
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper PodWiki
Internal Link
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://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format
__bold text__
**bold text**
B<bold>
Italics Format
''ialic text''
I<italics>
Underline Format
optional or via css
via html only
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format
optional or via css
via html only
Superscript Format
^^superscript text^^
via html only
Subscript Format
optional or via css
via html only
Images
[link to the image.jpg]
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
optional or via css
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

=over

=item 1. listitem

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