ikiwiki vs. Oddmuse vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. Wikidot

General Features ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
Version
2.67
2.3.13
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Alex Schroeder
legolas558
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPLv2
AGPLv3
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
family people, hackers
Advanced End Users
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Hosting Features ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
no limit
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
by Terms Of Service
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
System Requirements ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
Operating System
Any
Anything supported by Perl
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
MySQL
No
No
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
No
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Unknown
RCS
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Other
No
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
None (use your web server instead)
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Yes
Development/Support ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
89 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
English, Italian
2
English, Polish
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Links ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Perl
JavaScript
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Usability ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Statistics ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Output ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
No
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Wikidot
Internal 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
[[WoaS test page]]
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
External Link
[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
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

section
=======

subsection
----------
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
*bold text*
**bold text**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
/italics text/
//italic text//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
_underlined text_
__underlined text__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
,,subscript,,
Images
![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)
[[Image::woas.png]]
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text
no example known
= Centered line
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* one
** two
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
* element 1
* element 2
Numbered Lists
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
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
# element 1
# element 1
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
Depending on plugins:
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