WikiCrowd vs. TiddlyWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. PageWork

General Features WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Version
0.0.16
5.1.21
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
0.4.8
Last Release Date
29 Nov, 2010
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-11-29 (15 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
Stas Davydov
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
BSD
Public Domain (!)
GPLv3
Programming Language
PHP, XSL, JavaScript
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
none
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Personal, Corporate, Community
Individuals, private, small groups
small + medium sites, development teams
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Operating System
Any
Any
any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache
Not required (optional backends available)
anything with PHP support
Any
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2 or later, Apache mod_rewrite, iconv
A common browser
none
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
Patch
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
Yes
RCS
No
No
Plugin
No
Other
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
no
Security/Anti-Spam WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
optional extensions available
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Proprietary
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Plugin
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Development/Support WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8587 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Patch
Optional
Interface Languages
2
English, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
2
German, English
Email notification
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Comments
No
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Links WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Image Links
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Plugin
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
Plugin, JavaScript
JavaScript
optional
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Patch
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
No
Statistics WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Optional
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Output WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
Unknown
Optional
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Keywords
Extras WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork
Internal Link
@page "Another Wiki Page"
@page[Wiki Page] "Link to Wiki Page"
@page[Wiki Page]
[[Wiki Page or URL]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
@page[http://wikimatrix.org]
@page[http://wikimatrix.org] "It's a link to WikiMatrix"
[[http://wikimatrix.org]]
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
@title Some Title
@subtitle Some Subtitle
@subsubtitle Some Subsubtitle
! 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''
__bold text__
**bold text**
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic//
''ialic text''
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
No
__underline__
optional or via css
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
No
{{{monospaced}}}
==monospaced text==
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
No
--strikethrough--
optional or via css
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
^superscript^
^^superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
_subscript_
~~subscript~~
optional or via css
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
Images
@img url
[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
No
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
No
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
@listitem Red
Green
Blue
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
Numbered Lists
No
# 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
No
; term
: description
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
No
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