PageWork vs. PodWiki vs. ErfurtWiki

General Features PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
Version
0.4.8
0.9.1
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Thomas Linden
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
GPL
Public Domain (!)
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
none
GPL / none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
average to advanced users
small + medium sites, development teams
System Requirements PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
Operating System
Any
Unix
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
apache
anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
mod_rewrite optional
none
Datastorage PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Plugin
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Patch
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
Plugin
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
no
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
builtin
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Plugin
nofollow
Yes
No
Plugin
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
Patch
Development/Support PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Plugin
Change Summary
Yes
No
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
No
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Patch
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
English
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
Email notification
No
No
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
Links PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Optional
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Patch
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Optional
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
Yes
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Scripting
Perl
optional
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Optional
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
Optional
Analysis
No
No
No
Output PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Optional
PDF Export
No
No
Optional
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
Extras PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork PodWiki ErfurtWiki
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
=head1 The Weather
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
B<bold>
__bold text__
**bold text**
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
I<italics>
''ialic text''
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
via html only
optional or via css
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
put a space in front of monospaced text
==monospaced text==
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
via html only
optional or via css
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
via html only
^^superscript text^^
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
via html only
optional or via css
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
G<logo.png>
[link to the image.jpg]
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
via stylesheet only
optional or via css
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
via stylesheet only
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

Definition Lists
: term : definition
via html only
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
Horizontal Rule
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