ProntoWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. Friki

General Features ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Version
1.0.1
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
2.1.1
Last Release Date
2026-03-16 (today)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Frank Carver
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Public Domain (!)
ASL or LGPL
Programming Language
C#
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small + medium sites, development teams
private users and small teams
System Requirements ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Operating System
Windows
any
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
anything with PHP support
Any that can run or call Java
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
none
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Text Files
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Plugin
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
Plugin
No
RCS
Unknown
Plugin
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
no
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
No
nofollow
No
Plugin
Optional
Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Plugin
No
Change Summary
No
Plugin
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
0
Email notification
No
Plugin
No
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Categories
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Optional
Patch
Optional
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
None
Math formulas
No
No
No
Tables
none
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Optional
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Optional
BBCode Support
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
Optional
Plugin
No
Quoting
Optional
Plugin
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
optional
Content Includes
No
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Usability ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Patch
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Optional
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
Optional
Yes
Analysis
No
No
No
Output ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
No
Raw Export
No
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
Optional
No
PDF Export
No
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
No
Extras ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
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 ProntoWiki ErfurtWiki Friki
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**
'''bold''
Italics Format
''italics''
''ialic text''
''italic''
Underline Format
__under__
optional or via css
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
monospace
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]
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
optional or via css
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
:        indented
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* first
* second
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

1. first
1. second
Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
title:        description
Horizontal Rule
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