ErfurtWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Version
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
2.3.13
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Alex Schroeder
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain (!)
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small + medium sites, development teams
family people, hackers
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Operating System
any
Anything supported by Perl
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
anything with PHP support
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
none
Writable data directory
A common browser
Datastorage ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Plugin
Yes
Optional
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
Other
no
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
None (use your web server instead)
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
No
nofollow
Plugin
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Plugin
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Patch
No
Unknown
Development/Support ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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8587 ⭐
Common Features ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Patch
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Yes
Links ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Links
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Scripting
optional
Perl
JavaScript
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Usability ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Plugin
Statistics ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Optional
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Optional
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Plugin
Forums
No
No
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples ErfurtWiki Oddmuse TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
__bold text__
**bold text**
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
''ialic text''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
optional or via css
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
optional or via css
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript text^^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
optional or via css
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
~~subscript~~
Images
[link to the image.jpg]
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
optional or via css
no example known
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* one
** two
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
Depending on plugins:
----
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