| General Features | ErfurtWiki | TiddlyWiki | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
|
5.1.21
|
phpwiki-1.3.14
|
6.2.1
|
2025-05-14b "Librarian"
|
| Last Release Date |
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
|
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
|
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
|
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
|
2025-09-09 (7 months ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
|
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
|
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
|
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
|
2026-03-25 (25 days ago)
|
| Author |
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
|
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
|
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
|
WackoWiki Team
|
Andreas Gohr
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
Public Domain (!)
|
BSD
|
GPL
|
BSD
|
GPL 2
|
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
HTML, JavaScript
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Database, Files, RCS
|
Files
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
Database
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
small + medium sites, development teams
|
Individuals, private, small groups
|
Any
|
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
|
personal, small to medium companies
|
| System Requirements | ErfurtWiki | TiddlyWiki | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
| Operating System |
any
|
Any
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
OS Independent
|
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
anything with PHP support
|
Not required (optional backends available)
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
|
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
|
| Other Requirements |
none
|
A common browser
|
various opt. helpers
|
mod_rewrite (optional)
|
|
| Datastorage | ErfurtWiki | TiddlyWiki | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
| Text Files |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
no
|
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
|
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
|
MariaDB
|
None
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | ErfurtWiki | TiddlyWiki | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
|
optional extensions available
|
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
|
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
|
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
|
| Host Blocking |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Mail Encryption |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| nofollow |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Blacklist |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Patch
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Development/Support | ErfurtWiki | TiddlyWiki | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | |||||
| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Mailing List | |||||
| Support Forum | |||||
| Chat Channel |
not yet :-)
|
#phpwiki
|
|||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
8586 ⭐
|
N/A
|
55 ⭐
|
4599 ⭐
|
| Common Features | ErfurtWiki | TiddlyWiki | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
| 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
|
Unlimited
|
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 | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch |
4
German, English, French, Japanese |
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 |
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Comments |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Flat
|
Plugin
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
None
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Links | ErfurtWiki | TiddlyWiki | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Features | ErfurtWiki | TiddlyWiki | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Some
|
All
|
Optional
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple
|
| CREOLE support |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| BBCode Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Scripting |
optional
|
JavaScript
|
plugins, templates, PHP
|
actions (PHP)
|
Optional, PHP
|
| Content Includes |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Usability | ErfurtWiki | TiddlyWiki | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Access Keys |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | ErfurtWiki | TiddlyWiki | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Recent Visitors |
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Output | ErfurtWiki | TiddlyWiki | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
Optional
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Auto-TOC |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Optional
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
| Media and Files | ErfurtWiki | TiddlyWiki | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
| File Attachments |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Contents
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | ErfurtWiki | TiddlyWiki | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | ErfurtWiki | TiddlyWiki | PhpWiki | WackoWiki | DokuWiki |
| Internal Link |
WikiPage [WikiPage | Go here] |
WikiWord (CamelCase) [[link]] [[label|link]] |
WikiWord or [somelink] [ desc | pagename ] |
[[InternalLink]] ((InternalLink)) [[InternalLink alternate text]] CamelCase |
[[a Link]] [[namespace:link]] [[link|With a Title]] |
| 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 ] |
https://wackowiki.org [[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]] [[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]] |
[[http://example.com]] [[http://example.com|With a Title]] |
| Headlines |
!!! Big Headline !! Medium Headline ! Section Headline |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 |
!!!Headline1 !!Headline2 !Headline3 |
== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ====== |
====== Level 1 ====== ===== Level 2 ===== ==== Level 3 ==== === Level 4 === == Level 5 == |
| Bold Format |
__bold text__ **bold text** |
''bold'' |
*bold* or <strong>bold</strong> |
**bold** |
**bold** |
| Italics Format |
''ialic text'' |
//italic// |
_italics_ or or <em>italics</em> |
//italics// |
//italics// |
| Underline Format |
optional or via css |
__underline__ |
<u>underlined</u> |
__underline__ |
__underlined__ |
| Monospace Format |
==monospaced text== |
{{{monospaced}}} |
<tt>monospace</tt> <code>code</code> <pre>preformatted</pre> <verbatim> unparsed text</verbatim> |
##monospace## |
''monospace'' |
| Strikethrough Format |
optional or via css |
--strikethrough-- |
<strike>striked through</strike> |
--strikethrough-- |
<del>strikethrough</del> |
| Superscript Format |
^^superscript text^^ |
^^superscript^^ |
<sup>above</sup> |
^^superscript^^ |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
optional or via css |
~~subscript~~ |
<sub>below</sub> |
,,subscript,, |
<sub>subscript</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 |
((image.png)) file:image.png https://example.com/image.png |
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}} |
| 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> |
{html}<div align="right">{html}
%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%% |
Plugin |
| Text Indentation |
just use 3 spaces or tabs indented text |
:indent > quote <<< blockquote <<< |
;: left indent ;;: more left indent or paragraph and another level |
one two |
N/A |
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item A * Item B ** Item B1 |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* list or - list |
*one **One-two *two *three |
* item 1 * item 1.1 * item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 ##* Item 1.1a ##* Item 1.1b |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
# list |
1. numbered List 1. numbered List-2 2.#8 numbered List, with break |
- item 1 - item 1.1 - item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
:definition: explanation :anotherdef: another description |
; term : description |
Term:<def> def |
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html} |
Plugin |
| Horizontal Rule |
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---- |
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| remove ErfurtWiki | remove TiddlyWiki | remove PhpWiki | remove WackoWiki | remove DokuWiki |