ProntoWiki vs. ErfurtWiki

General Features ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
Version
1.0.1
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
Last Release Date
2025-12-30 (today)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Public Domain (!)
Programming Language
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small + medium sites, development teams
System Requirements ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
Operating System
Windows
any
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
none
Datastorage ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
Text Files
Unknown
Plugin
MySQL
Unknown
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Plugin
Oracle
Unknown
No
SQLite
Unknown
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
Plugin
RCS
Unknown
Plugin
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
no
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
nofollow
No
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
Development/Support ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Plugin
Change Summary
No
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
Unicode Support
No
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Patch
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
Email notification
No
Plugin
Comments
No
Plugin
Categories
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Links ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Image Links
Optional
Patch
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
No
Tables
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Optional
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Optional
Plugin
Quoting
Optional
Plugin
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
optional
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Usability ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
Optional
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Plugin
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Optional
Analysis
No
No
Output ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Optional
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
Optional
PDF Export
No
Optional
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Plugin
Embedded Video
Unknown
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Extras ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki
Internal Link
[pagename]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
External Link
{title|url}
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold text__
**bold text**
Italics Format
''italics''
''ialic text''
Underline Format
__under__
optional or via css
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
optional or via css
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
^^superscript text^^
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
optional or via css
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
[link to the image.jpg]
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
optional or via css
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
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