ConnectedText vs. PBwiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Oddmuse

General Features ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Version
5.0.0.1
N/A
2.67
2.3.13
Last Release Date
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
Author
Eduardo Mauro
PBworks
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
No
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
Commercial
N/A
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
N/A
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Database
N/A
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
39,95
Determined by Solution Needs
0
free
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
Business Enterprises
Anyone
family people, hackers
Hosting Features ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Storage Quota
N/A
No limit
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
No limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Operating System
Windows
N/A
Any
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
N/A
No
No
Webserver
No need
N/A
Any, or none
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
none
N/A
Writable data directory
Datastorage ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Text Files
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
N/A
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
No
No
Oracle
No
N/A
No
No
SQLite
No
N/A
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
No
RCS
No
N/A
Yes
No
Other
Firebird
N/A
No
Security/Anti-Spam ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
No need
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Optional
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
No
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
1
English
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
N/A
Yes
Plugin
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Links ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
CamelCase
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
Yes
Javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Plugin
Statistics ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
Yes
Optional
No
No
Output ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Calendar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ConnectedText PBwiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Internal Link
[[wiki page]]
[[wiki page|Title]]
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[internal]]
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
External Link
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]]
[http://www.externallink.com]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Headlines
= Head1 =
== Head 2 ==
=== Head 3 ====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
''italics''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
__Underline__
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{Monospace}}}
<code>monospace</code>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
--Strikethrough--
-strikethrough-
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
^^Superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
vvSubscriptvv
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]]
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
Aligning Text
~~Centered text~~
<left>, <center>, <right>
no example known
Text Indentation
: First level of indenting
:: Second level
Indented block
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* First item
* Seconditem
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* one
** two
Numbered Lists
1. First item
1. Second item
# Number #1
# Number #2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
;Term:Definition
<dl>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
Depending on plugins:
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