ErfurtWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Version
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
5.1.21
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
Author
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain (!)
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small + medium sites, development teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Any
System Requirements ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Operating System
any
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
none
A common browser
various opt. helpers
Datastorage ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Text Files
Plugin
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
SQLite
Plugin
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
Yes
RCS
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
no
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
optional extensions available
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
No
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
No
nofollow
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Patch
Unknown
No
Development/Support ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8585 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Patch
Yes
No
Interface Languages
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
4
German, English, French, Japanese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Patch
Links ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Patch
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Optional
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
optional
JavaScript
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Patch
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Optional
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Optional
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Optional
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki
Internal Link
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
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://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
__bold text__
**bold text**
''bold''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
''ialic text''
//italic//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
optional or via css
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
{{{monospaced}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
optional or via css
--strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
^^superscript text^^
^^superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
optional or via css
~~subscript~~
<sub>below</sub>
Images
[link to the image.jpg]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[ 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
Aligning Text
optional or via css
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
; term
: description
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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