ErfurtWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. PhpWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
Version
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
5.1.21
2.3.13
phpwiki-1.3.14
6.2.1
Last Release Date
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
Author
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Alex Schroeder
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain (!)
BSD
GPL
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small + medium sites, development teams
Individuals, private, small groups
family people, hackers
Any
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
any
Any
Anything supported by Perl
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
none
A common browser
Writable data directory
various opt. helpers
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Other
no
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
optional extensions available
None (use your web server instead)
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
No
No
Optional
nofollow
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Patch
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8586 ⭐
89 ⭐
N/A
55 ⭐
Common Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Patch
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
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
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Links ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Some
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
optional
JavaScript
Perl
plugins, templates, PHP
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Optional
Unknown
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki WackoWiki
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
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
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
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
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
----------
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
__bold text__
**bold text**
''bold''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
Italics Format
''ialic text''
//italic//
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italics//
Underline Format
optional or via css
__underline__
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
{{{monospaced}}}
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
optional or via css
--strikethrough--
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript text^^
^^superscript^^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
optional or via css
~~subscript~~
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
<sub>below</sub>
,,subscript,,
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)
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
optional or via css
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
no example known
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
:indent

> quote

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

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
* list
or
- list
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
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
# list
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
; term
: description
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Term:<def>
def
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
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Depending on plugins:
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