ErfurtWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki

General Features ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Version
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
phpwiki-1.3.14
Pleiades-M45
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2005-06-15 (18 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2005-03-21 (19 years ago)
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-04 (13 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2009-04-03 (14 years ago)
2009-12-23 (14 years ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
Author
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Andreas Gohr
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain (!)
GPL 2
GPL
LGPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small + medium sites, development teams
personal, small to medium companies
Any
corporate and special interest groups
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Operating System
any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix/Linux
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
none
various opt. helpers
perl 4 or newer
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Text Files
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
no
None
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Apache
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Plugin
Optional
No
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Patch
Optional
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Development/Support ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
3582 ⭐
N/A
N/A
7039 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Patch
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Interface Languages
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
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
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Threaded
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Some
All
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Optional
Plugin
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
optional
Optional, PHP
plugins, templates, PHP
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Statistics ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Optional
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Output ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Optional
No
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
PDF Export
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Keywords
No
Contents
Extras ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ErfurtWiki DokuWiki PhpWiki KeheiWiki TiddlyWiki TWiki
Internal Link
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
__bold text__
**bold text**
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''bold''
*bold*
Italics Format
''ialic text''
//italics//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
//italic//
_italic_
Underline Format
optional or via css
__underlined__
<u>underlined</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
''monospace''
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
optional or via css
<del>strikethrough</del>
<strike>striked through</strike>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^^superscript text^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
optional or via css
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[link to the image.jpg]
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
optional or via css
Plugin
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
N/A
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* list
or
- list
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# list
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
Plugin
Term:<def>
def
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
----
---
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