PodWiki vs. BrainKeeper vs. ErfurtWiki

General Features PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
Version
0.9.1
N/A
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
N/A
2005-06-16 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
GPL
N/A
Public Domain (!)
Programming Language
Perl
N/A
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
N/A
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
small + medium sites, development teams
Hosting Features PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Restrictions
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
N/A
System Requirements PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
Operating System
Unix
N/A
any
Root Access
No
N/A
No
Webserver
apache
N/A
anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
N/A
none
Datastorage PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
Text Files
Yes
N/A
Plugin
MySQL
No
N/A
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
Plugin
Oracle
No
N/A
No
SQLite
No
N/A
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
Plugin
RCS
Yes
N/A
Plugin
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
N/A
no
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
N/A
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Host Blocking
No
Unknown
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
nofollow
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Patch
Development/Support PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Plugin
Change Summary
No
Yes
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Patch
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
Email notification
No
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
N/A
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Patch
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Yes
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Perl
optional
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Optional
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Output PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Optional
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Optional
PDF Export
No
Yes
Optional
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki BrainKeeper ErfurtWiki
Internal Link
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
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Bold Format
B<bold>
__bold text__
**bold text**
Italics Format
I<italics>
''ialic text''
Underline Format
via html only
optional or via css
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
==monospaced text==
Strikethrough Format
via html only
optional or via css
Superscript Format
via html only
^^superscript text^^
Subscript Format
via html only
optional or via css
Images
G<logo.png>
[link to the image.jpg]
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
optional or via css
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

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

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