Wiki.js vs. ErfurtWiki vs. BookStack

General Features Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
Version
2.5.299
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
v21.12.1
Last Release Date
2023-06-03 (2 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2022-01-06 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2022-01-08 (4 years ago)
Author
Nicolas Giard
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Dan Brown
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-v3
Public Domain (!)
MIT
Programming Language
Javascript
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, other, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everyone
small + medium sites, development teams
Small to mid-size groups and businesses
System Requirements Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
Operating System
All
any
Linux, Windows and Unix variants
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
All
anything with PHP support
Apache, Nginx or others with PHP support
Other Requirements
Node.js
none
Command-line access, PHP7.3+
Datastorage Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
Text Files
Yes
Plugin
No
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
RCS
Optional
Plugin
No
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
no
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
SAML2, LDAP, OIDC, ActiveDirectory, Google, GitHub, GitLab, AzureAD, Slack and more
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Plugin
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Plugin
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
Patch
No
Development/Support Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
28367 ⭐
N/A
18784 ⭐
Common Features Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Plugin
No
Change Summary
No
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Patch
Yes
Interface Languages
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lettish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Plugin
No
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Optional
No
Structured Data
No
No
No
Links Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Features Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Optional
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Optional
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
JS, CSS
optional
None
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Usability Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Patch
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Optional
No
No
Statistics Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Optional
No
Analysis
Optional
No
No
Output Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Optional
No
PDF Export
Yes
Optional
Yes
Office Export
No
Unknown
No
Media and Files Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Optional
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Extras Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Presentations
No
Unknown
No
Forums
No
No
No
Blogs
No
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Wiki.js ErfurtWiki BookStack
Internal Link
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
External Link
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
Headlines
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Bold Format
**Bold Text**
__bold text__
**bold text**
Italics Format
*Italic Text*
''ialic text''
Underline Format
<u>Underline Text</u>
optional or via css
Monospace Format
`Monospace Code`
==monospaced text==
Strikethrough Format
~~Strikethrough Text~~
optional or via css
Superscript Format
^Superscript Text^
^^superscript text^^
Subscript Format
~Subscript Text~
optional or via css
Images
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
[link to the image.jpg]
Aligning Text
optional or via css
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
Horizontal Rule
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