TiddlyWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. PageWork

General Features TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Version
5.1.21
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Public Domain (!)
GPLv3
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
small + medium sites, development teams
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Operating System
Any
any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
anything with PHP support
Any
Other Requirements
A common browser
none
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Text Files
Optional
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
Patch
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
Yes
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
no
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Proprietary
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
No
nofollow
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Development/Support TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
8587 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Change Summary
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Patch
Optional
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
2
German, English
Email notification
Unknown
Plugin
No
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Links TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Optional
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
Optional
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript
optional
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Patch
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
No
Statistics TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
Optional
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
Unknown
Optional
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Keywords
Extras TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Bold Format
''bold''
__bold text__
**bold text**
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
//italic//
''ialic text''
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
__underline__
optional or via css
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
==monospaced text==
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
optional or via css
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
optional or via css
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[link to the image.jpg]
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
optional or via css
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
Definition Lists
; term
: description
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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