TiddlyWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. PageWork vs. KeheiWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Version
5.1.21
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
0.4.8
Pleiades-M45
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Pitt Murmann
team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Public Domain (!)
GPLv3
LGPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
small + medium sites, development teams
Medium-sized sites
corporate and special interest groups
System Requirements TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Operating System
Any
any
Any
Unix/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
anything with PHP support
Any
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Other Requirements
A common browser
none
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Text Files
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
no
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Proprietary
Apache
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Development/Support TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
8587 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Minor Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Patch
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
2
German, English
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Links TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
All
All
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Optional
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
No
No
Optional
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
optional
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Patch
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Optional
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Output TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Optional
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Keywords
Keywords
Extras TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
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/
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
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
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bold Format
''bold''
__bold text__
**bold text**
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Italics Format
//italic//
''ialic text''
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Underline Format
__underline__
optional or via css
This is __underlined__.
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
==monospaced text==
This is %%monospaced%%.
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
optional or via css
This is --not-- important.
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
optional or via css
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
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}}
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
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}}
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
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
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Definition Lists
; term
: description
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
: term : definition
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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