ConnectedText vs. PodWiki

General Features ConnectedText PodWiki
Version
5.0.0.1
0.9.1
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-02-19 (7 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
Eduardo Mauro
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
License
Commercial
GPL
Programming Language
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
39,95
GPL / none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
average to advanced users
System Requirements ConnectedText PodWiki
Operating System
Windows
Unix
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
No need
apache
Other Requirements
none
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage ConnectedText PodWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
Firebird
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam ConnectedText PodWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
No need
builtin
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ConnectedText PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ConnectedText PodWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features ConnectedText PodWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Interface Languages
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Links ConnectedText PodWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features ConnectedText PodWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
Yes
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Usability ConnectedText PodWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics ConnectedText PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Output ConnectedText PodWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ConnectedText PodWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras ConnectedText PodWiki
Calendar
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ConnectedText PodWiki
Internal Link
[[wiki page]]
[[wiki page|Title]]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]]
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]]
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines
= Head1 =
== Head 2 ==
=== Head 3 ====
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format
**bold**
B<bold>
Italics Format
//italic//
I<italics>
Underline Format
__Underline__
via html only
Monospace Format
{{{Monospace}}}
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format
--Strikethrough--
via html only
Superscript Format
^^Superscript^^
via html only
Subscript Format
vvSubscriptvv
via html only
Images
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]]
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
~~Centered text~~
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
: First level of indenting
:: Second level
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
* First item
* Seconditem
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists
1. First item
1. Second item
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists
;Term:Definition
via html only
Horizontal Rule
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