ErfurtWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Oddmuse

General Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Version
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
5.1.21
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
Author
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain (!)
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small + medium sites, development teams
Individuals, private, small groups
family people, hackers
System Requirements ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Operating System
any
Any
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
none
A common browser
Writable data directory
Datastorage ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Text Files
Plugin
Optional
Yes
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
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
No
Security/Anti-Spam ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
optional extensions available
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
No
nofollow
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Plugin
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Patch
Unknown
No
Development/Support ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
# 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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89 ⭐
Common Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Patch
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
4
German, English, French, Japanese
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Structured Data
No
Yes
Plugin
Links ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Links
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Scripting
optional
JavaScript
Perl
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Plugin
Statistics ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Optional
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Optional
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Extras ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
No
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse
Internal Link
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
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
External Link
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Headlines
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

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

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

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

# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

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