ErfurtWiki vs. PodWiki vs. BrainKeeper

General Features ErfurtWiki PodWiki BrainKeeper
Version
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
0.9.1
N/A
Last Release Date
2005-06-16 (21 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
N/A
Last Update here
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
Author
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Thomas Linden
BrainKeeper, Inc.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
N/A
License
Public Domain (!)
GPL
N/A
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
N/A
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
0
GPL / none
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Intended Audience
small + medium sites, development teams
average to advanced users
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Hosting Features ErfurtWiki PodWiki BrainKeeper
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
None
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No Restrictions
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
No
System Requirements ErfurtWiki PodWiki BrainKeeper
Operating System
any
Unix
N/A
Root Access
No
No
N/A
Webserver
anything with PHP support
apache
N/A
Other Requirements
none
mod_rewrite optional
N/A
Datastorage ErfurtWiki PodWiki BrainKeeper
Text Files
Plugin
Yes
N/A
MySQL
Plugin
No
N/A
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
N/A
Oracle
No
No
N/A
SQLite
Plugin
No
N/A
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
N/A
RCS
Plugin
Yes
N/A
Other
no
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam ErfurtWiki PodWiki BrainKeeper
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
builtin
N/A
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
nofollow
Plugin
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Plugin
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Patch
No
No
Development/Support ErfurtWiki PodWiki BrainKeeper
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
N/A
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 PodWiki BrainKeeper
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
No
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ErfurtWiki PodWiki BrainKeeper
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Patch
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Unknown
N/A
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Unknown
Links ErfurtWiki PodWiki BrainKeeper
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Patch
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features ErfurtWiki PodWiki BrainKeeper
HTML Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
No
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Yes
Unknown
BBCode Support
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Unknown
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
optional
Perl
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability ErfurtWiki PodWiki BrainKeeper
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Patch
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
Optional
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics ErfurtWiki PodWiki BrainKeeper
Recent Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Optional
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output ErfurtWiki PodWiki BrainKeeper
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Optional
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Optional
No
Yes
PDF Export
Optional
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ErfurtWiki PodWiki BrainKeeper
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras ErfurtWiki PodWiki BrainKeeper
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 PodWiki BrainKeeper
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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