PodWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. BrainKeeper

General Features PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
Version
0.9.1
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
N/A
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2005-06-16 (21 years ago)
N/A
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
BrainKeeper, Inc.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
N/A
License
GPL
Public Domain (!)
N/A
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
N/A
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
small + medium sites, development teams
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Hosting Features PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
None
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No Restrictions
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
No
System Requirements PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
Operating System
Unix
any
N/A
Root Access
No
No
N/A
Webserver
apache
anything with PHP support
N/A
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
none
N/A
Datastorage PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
Text Files
Yes
Plugin
N/A
MySQL
No
Plugin
N/A
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
N/A
Oracle
No
No
N/A
SQLite
No
Plugin
N/A
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
N/A
RCS
Yes
Plugin
N/A
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
no
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
N/A
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
nofollow
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
No
Development/Support PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
N/A
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 ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Plugin
Yes
Change Summary
No
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Patch
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
1
English
Email notification
No
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Optional
N/A
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
HTML Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
No
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Yes
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Unknown
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Perl
optional
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Patch
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Optional
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Optional
Yes
PDF Export
No
Optional
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki ErfurtWiki BrainKeeper
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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