TiddlyWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. Roadkill

General Features TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Version
5.1.21
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
1.6
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
27/04/2013
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2013-04-25 (12 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
C.Small
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Public Domain (!)
MS-PL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
C#
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
small + medium sites, development teams
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
System Requirements TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Operating System
Any
any
Windows Server, Ubuntu
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
anything with PHP support
IIS, Apache
Other Requirements
A common browser
none
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
Datastorage TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Text Files
Optional
Plugin
Patch
MySQL
No
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Plugin
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
no
SQL Server, MongoDB
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
No
nofollow
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Patch
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
8524 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Plugin
No
Change Summary
Unknown
Plugin
No
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
No
Special Features TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Patch
No
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
3
Czech, English, Polish
Email notification
Unknown
Plugin
No
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
No
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
Links TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
optional
none
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
No
Usability TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
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 Roadkill
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
Optional
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Optional
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[Pagename|linkname]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
[[URL|linkname]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
== Large heading
Bold Format
''bold''
__bold text__
**bold text**
** bold **
Italics Format
//italic//
''ialic text''
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
optional or via css
_underline_
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
==monospaced text==
{{

monospace

}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
optional or via css
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
optional or via css
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[link to the image.jpg]
{{Image.jpg.|title}}
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
optional or via css
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* Bullet List
** Sub item
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

# Numbered list
## Sub item
Definition Lists
; term
: description
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
Horizontal Rule
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