| General Features | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.3.13
|
2.3.33
|
6.0
|
| Last Release Date |
2018-09-03 (5 years ago)
|
2024-04-20 (6 days ago)
|
2013-01-21 (11 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2018-10-27 (5 years ago)
|
2024-04-21 (5 days ago)
|
2013-01-22 (11 years ago)
|
| Author |
Alex Schroeder
|
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
|
OpenRoad Communications Ltd
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| License |
GPL
|
GPL2+
|
Commercial
|
| Programming Language |
Perl
|
PHP
|
ASP.NET C#
|
| Data Storage |
Files
|
Files
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
free
|
0
|
$119/user (hosted), $10/user (cloud)
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
family people, hackers
|
All
|
Intranet, Corporate, Private
|
| System Requirements | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
| Operating System |
Anything supported by Perl
|
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
Windows Server 2008, 2012
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Anything supporting CGI scripts
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
|
IIS
|
| Other Requirements |
Writable data directory
|
none
|
|
| Datastorage | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Other |
No
|
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
|
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2010
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
None (use your web server instead)
|
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
|
Active Directory, Open Directory, or Custom Modules
|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Patch
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Blacklist |
Optional
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Development/Support | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel | |||
| Stars on GitHub |
67 ⭐
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Restricted by Age
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Optional
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
11
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Turkish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
Discussion Pages
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Page Locking
|
| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Structured Data |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Links | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Freelinks |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Backlinks |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
| HTML Tags |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
All
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Internal Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
Perl
|
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
|
javascript (optional)
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Usability | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Statistics | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Output | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Auto-TOC |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| XML export |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Office Export |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
| File Attachments |
Optional
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| SVG Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Filenames only
|
Filenames only
|
Contents
|
| Extras | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Chat |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Oddmuse | PmWiki | ThoughtFarmer |
| Internal Link |
optional, default on: [[page name]] optional, default off: PageName [PageName] → [1] [[[page name]]] → [1] [PageName text] → text [[page name|text]] → text Depending on plugins: [text](page) → text |
[[page name]] [[page name | link text]] [[link text -> page name]] [[#anchor]] [[#anchor|link to anchor]] [[page name #anchor]] |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| External Link |
http://example.com/ [http://example.com/] → [1] optional, default on: [http://example.com/ text] → text Depending on plugins: [text](http://example.com/) → text |
http://.... [[http://... | link text]] [[link text -> http://...]] |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Headlines |
Depending on plugins: ## two ### three == two == === three == section ======= subsection ---------- |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Bold Format |
Depending on plugins: *bold* **bold* '''bold''' |
'''bold''' |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Italics Format |
Depending on plugins: *italic* /italic/ //italic// ''italic'' |
''italic'' |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Underline Format |
Depending on plugins: _underline_ __underline__ |
{+underlined+} |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Monospace Format |
Depending on plugins: `mono` ##mono## [code]mono[/code] <tt>mono</tt> <code>mono</code> |
@@monospace@@ |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Strikethrough Format |
via bbCode plugin: [s]strike through[/s] |
{-strikethrough-} |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Superscript Format |
via bbCode plugin: [sup]superscript[/sup] |
'^superscript^' |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Subscript Format |
via bbCode plugin: [sub]subscript[/sub] |
'_subscript_' |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Images |
http://example.com/pic.jpg Depending on plugins: [[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants  |
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Aligning Text |
no example known |
%center% centered text %right% right aligned %lfloat% left floating text %rfloat% right floating text %rframe% right floating frame %lframe% left floating frame |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Text Indentation |
Depending on plugins: > text [quote] text [/quote] : one :: two |
-> indented text --> more indentation -< hanging text --< more indentation |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Bulleted Lists |
* one ** two |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 alternatively, indented: * item 1 * item 1.1 * item 2 |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Numbered Lists |
Depending on plugins: 1. one 2. two # one ## two |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 alternatively, indented: # Item 1 # Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Definition Lists |
Depending on plugins: ; term: definition |
: term : definition |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
| Horizontal Rule |
Depending on plugins: ---- |
---- |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
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