ErfurtWiki vs. PodWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. bLADE Wiki

General Features ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
Version
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
0.9.1
1.9.11
3.4.9
Last Release Date
2005-06-16 (21 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2008-11-10 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2008-11-21 (17 years ago)
Author
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Thomas Linden
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Dale Lane
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
License
Public Domain (!)
GPL
GPL
N/A
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Python
C#
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
GPL / none
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small + medium sites, development teams
average to advanced users
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Users wanting to be able to view/edit their wiki from a mobile phone or PDA, with a simple wiki that needs almost no setup
System Requirements ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
Operating System
any
Unix
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Windows, Windows Mobile
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
anything with PHP support
apache
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
N/A
Other Requirements
none
mod_rewrite optional
None
.NET 2 Framework
Datastorage ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
Text Files
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Other
no
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
No
Security/Anti-Spam ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
builtin
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
No
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
nofollow
Plugin
No
No
No
Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
Patch
No
No
No
Development/Support ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
No
Special Features ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Patch
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
1
English
1
English
0
Email notification
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Image Links
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Some
All
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Scripting
optional
Perl
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Usability ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Patch
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Statistics ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
Recent Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Recent Visitors
Optional
No
No
Unknown
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Yes
Output ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Optional
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
Optional
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Unknown
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Embedded Video
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin bLADE Wiki
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]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[Link to a page]
External Link
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
[http://www.linkme.com]
Headlines
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
=head1 The Weather
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
+Heading
Bold Format
__bold text__
**bold text**
B<bold>
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold text*
Italics Format
''ialic text''
I<italics>
''italic''
''emphasised''
=italic text=
Underline Format
optional or via css
via html only
__underline__
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
put a space in front of monospaced text
`monospaced`
[|code sample|]
Strikethrough Format
optional or via css
via html only
--(strikethrough)--
-strikethrough text-
Superscript Format
^^superscript text^^
via html only
^superscript^
Subscript Format
optional or via css
via html only
,,subscript,,
Images
[link to the image.jpg]
G<logo.png>
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
[$image.jpg$]
Aligning Text
optional or via css
via stylesheet only
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
via stylesheet only
indented text
> blockquote text
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
- bulleted
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# numbered
Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
via html only
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
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