Wiki on a Stick vs. DokuWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. Roadkill

General Features Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Version
0.12.0
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
5.1.21
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
1.6
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
27/04/2013
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2013-04-25 (12 years ago)
Author
legolas558
Andreas Gohr
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
C.Small
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
GPL 2
BSD
Public Domain (!)
MS-PL
Programming Language
JavaScript
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
C#
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
personal, small to medium companies
Individuals, private, small groups
small + medium sites, development teams
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
any
Windows Server, Ubuntu
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
anything with PHP support
IIS, Apache
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
A common browser
none
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Text Files
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Patch
MySQL
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
None
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
no
SQL Server, MongoDB
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
Plugin
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blacklist
No
Optional
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Unknown
Patch
No
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
4526 ⭐
8524 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Page History
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
3
Czech, English, Polish
Email notification
No
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
No
Comments
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Links Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Optional, PHP
JavaScript
optional
none
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Usability Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Statistics Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Optional
No
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Output Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
No
No
Extras Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick DokuWiki TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki Roadkill
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[Pagename|linkname]]
External Link
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
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
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
== Large heading
Bold Format
*bold text*
**bold**
''bold''
__bold text__
**bold text**
** bold **
Italics Format
/italics text/
//italics//
//italic//
''ialic text''
//italics//
Underline Format
_underlined text_
__underlined__
__underline__
optional or via css
_underline_
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
''monospace''
{{{monospaced}}}
==monospaced text==
{{

monospace

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

> quote

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

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