KeheiWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. PhpWiki vs. PmWiki

General Features KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
Version
Pleiades-M45
2.3.13
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.5.4
Last Release Date
2005-03-22 (20 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2025-12-06 (11 days ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-23 (15 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2025-12-06 (11 days ago)
Author
team
Alex Schroeder
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
GPL
GPL
GPL2+
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
corporate and special interest groups
family people, hackers
Any
All
System Requirements KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
Operating System
Unix/Linux
Anything supported by Perl
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
Writable data directory
various opt. helpers
none
Datastorage KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
Yes
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
Yes
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Apache
None (use your web server instead)
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Optional
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Development/Support KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
Preview
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
No
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, 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
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Links KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Optional
Markdown Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Textile Support
Optional
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Perl
plugins, templates, PHP
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Keywords
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Extras KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples KeheiWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki
Internal Link
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
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 or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
Italics Format
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
Underline Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
<strike>striked through</strike>
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
<sup>above</sup>
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
<sub>below</sub>
'_subscript_'
Images
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
no example known
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* one
** two
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Term:<def>
def
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
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