Friki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. Oddmuse

General Features Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
Version
2.1.1
5.1.21
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
BSD
Public Domain (!)
GPL
Programming Language
Java
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
small + medium sites, development teams
family people, hackers
System Requirements Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
any
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
Not required (optional backends available)
anything with PHP support
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
A common browser
none
Writable data directory
Datastorage Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
no
No
Security/Anti-Spam Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
Patch
No
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Plugin
No
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Patch
No
Development/Support Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8524 ⭐
N/A
88 ⭐
Common Features Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Optional
Interface Languages
0
4
German, English, French, Japanese
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Comments
No
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
None
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Links Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Markdown Support
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Textile Support
Optional
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript
optional
Perl
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Statistics Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Output Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Optional
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
File Attachments
No
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Filenames only
Extras Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Friki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Oddmuse
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
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://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

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

section
=======

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

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

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

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

Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
title:        description
; term
: description
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
Depending on plugins:
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remove Friki remove TiddlyWiki remove ErfurtWiki remove Oddmuse