Oddmuse vs. TWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features Oddmuse TWiki JSPWiki
Version
2.3.13
TWiki-6.1.0
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
Alex Schroeder
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Perl
Perl, JavaScript
Java
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
free
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
family people, hackers
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
all
System Requirements Oddmuse TWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
Anything supported by Perl
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage Oddmuse TWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
Optional
SQLite
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam Oddmuse TWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Plugin
nofollow
No
Plugin
Optional
Blacklist
Optional
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Yes
Development/Support Oddmuse TWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
88 ⭐
N/A
116 ⭐
Common Features Oddmuse TWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
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 TWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Yes
Interface Languages
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Optional
Patch
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Links Oddmuse TWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Links
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Oddmuse TWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
Perl
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Optional
Usability Oddmuse TWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Statistics Oddmuse TWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Output Oddmuse TWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Oddmuse TWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Contents
Extras Oddmuse TWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Oddmuse TWiki JSPWiki
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
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
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://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
*bold*
__bold__
Italics Format
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
_italic_
''italics''
Underline Format
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
<sup>superscript</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
<sub>subscript</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
no example known
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
* one
** two
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
$ Term: Definition
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
Depending on plugins:
----
---
----
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