alphawiki vs. WikiCrowd vs. TiddlyWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. PageWork vs. KeheiWiki

General Features alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Version
v.20160608
0.0.16
5.1.21
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
0.4.8
Pleiades-M45
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
29 Nov, 2010
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
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2010-11-29 (15 years ago)
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
marty alain
Stas Davydov
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Pitt Murmann
team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
LGPL
BSD
Public Domain (!)
GPLv3
LGPL
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
PHP, XSL, JavaScript
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
none
0
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
Personal, Corporate, Community
Individuals, private, small groups
small + medium sites, development teams
Medium-sized sites
corporate and special interest groups
System Requirements alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Operating System
probably every OS
Any
Any
any
Any
Unix/Linux
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Apache
Not required (optional backends available)
anything with PHP support
Any
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2 or later, Apache mod_rewrite, iconv
A common browser
none
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
No
No
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
RCS
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Other
None
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
no
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
No
optional extensions available
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Proprietary
Apache
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Development/Support alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
8587 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
To current
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Patch
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
2
English, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
2
German, English
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Links alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
CamelCase
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Image Links
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Optional
Plugin
All
All
Math formulas
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Plugin, JavaScript
JavaScript
optional
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Section Editing
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Statistics alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Optional
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Output alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Optional
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
Optional
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Keywords
Keywords
Extras alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Calendar
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples alphawiki WikiCrowd TiddlyWiki ErfurtWiki PageWork KeheiWiki
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
@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]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
External Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
@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/
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
Headlines
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
@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
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
*bold*
''bold''
__bold text__
**bold text**
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
//italic//
//italic//
''ialic text''
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
No
__underline__
optional or via css
This is __underlined__.
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
No
{{{monospaced}}}
==monospaced text==
This is %%monospaced%%.
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
No
--strikethrough--
optional or via css
This is --not-- important.
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
^superscript^
^^superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Subscript Format
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
_subscript_
~~subscript~~
optional or via css
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Images
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
@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}}
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
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}}
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
No
: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
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
@listitem Red
Green
Blue
* 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
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
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
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
No
; term
: description
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
: term : definition
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
No
----
----
---
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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