Anwiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. Wiki.js vs. Wiclear vs. BookStack

General Features Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
Version
0.2.5
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
2.5.299
1.0
v21.12.1
Last Release Date
2010-12-12 (13 years ago)
2005-06-15 (18 years ago)
2023-06-02 (11 months ago)
2007-08-06 (16 years ago)
2022-01-05 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (10 years ago)
2010-04-04 (14 years ago)
2023-07-30 (9 months ago)
2007-09-16 (16 years ago)
2022-01-08 (2 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Nicolas Giard
David Jobet
Dan Brown
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
Public Domain (!)
AGPL-v3
GPL2
MIT
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Javascript
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files, other, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
small + medium sites, development teams
Everyone
private users
Small to mid-size groups and businesses
System Requirements Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
any
All
All
Linux, Windows and Unix variants
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
anything with PHP support
All
Apache
Apache, Nginx or others with PHP support
Other Requirements
none
Node.js
MySql
Command-line access, PHP7.3+
Datastorage Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
Text Files
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
no
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
SAML2, LDAP, OIDC, ActiveDirectory, Google, GitHub, GitLab, AzureAD, Slack and more
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
Optional
No
No
Development/Support Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
19117 ⭐
N/A
10374 ⭐
Common Features Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
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
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
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
Yes
No
Comments
No
Plugin
Flat
Flat
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
Links Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Features Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
All
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
No
No
Yes
No
No
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple
CREOLE support
No
Optional
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Optional
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
optional
JS, CSS
Not at the moment
None
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Usability Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Patch
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Optional
No
No
Statistics Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Optional
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Optional
No
No
Output Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
Optional
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Media and Files Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
File Attachments
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Optional
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Filenames only
Extras Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Forums
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
No
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Anwiki ErfurtWiki Wiki.js Wiclear BookStack
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
[Title]
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
[Title|http://url.to/]
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
__bold text__
**bold text**
**Bold Text**
__bold__
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
''ialic text''
*Italic Text*
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
optional or via css
<u>Underline Text</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
==monospaced text==
`Monospace Code`
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
optional or via css
~~Strikethrough Text~~
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
^^superscript text^^
^Superscript Text^
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
optional or via css
~Subscript Text~
Images
<img src=""/>
[link to the image.jpg]
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
optional or via css
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
Numbered Lists
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
;def1 : the complete definition of def1
;def2 : the complete definition of def2
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
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