| General Features | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.45.3
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2.3.13
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phpwiki-1.3.14
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TWiki-6.1.0
|
| Last Release Date |
2025-12-04 (6 months ago)
|
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
|
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
|
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2026-06-03 (6 days ago)
|
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
|
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
|
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
|
| Author |
Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, and others.
|
Alex Schroeder
|
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
|
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
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GPL
|
GPL
|
GPL
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| Programming Language |
PHP
|
Perl
|
PHP
|
Perl, JavaScript
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Files
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
free
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0
|
N/A
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
End Users/Desktop, Education
|
family people, hackers
|
Any
|
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
|
| System Requirements | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
| Operating System |
*nix, Windows, Mac OS X
|
Anything supported by Perl
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Any with PHP support
|
Anything supporting CGI scripts
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
|
| Other Requirements |
none
|
Writable data directory
|
various opt. helpers
|
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
| Datastorage | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
| Text Files |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Other |
No
|
No
|
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
|
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Yes
|
None (use your web server instead)
|
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
|
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Mail Encryption |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Development/Support | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
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 | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
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 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
140
Afar, Abkhazian, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bihari, Bislama, Bengali; Bangla, Tibetan, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Bhutani, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Fiji, Faroese, French, Frisian, Irish, Scots Gaelic, Galician, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Interlingue, Inupiak, Icelandic, Italian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Greenlandic, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kashmiri, Kurdish, Kirghiz, Latin, Lingala, Laothian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Maori, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Moldavian, Marathi, Malay, Maltese, Burmese, Nauru, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Oriya, Punjabi, Polish, Pashto, Pushto, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Kirundi, Romanian, Russian, Kinyarwanda, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sangho, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Samoan, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Serbian, Siswati, Sesotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Tajik, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkmen, Tagalog, Setswana, Tonga, Turkish, Tsonga, Tatar, Twi, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Volapuk, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zhuang, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Zulu |
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 |
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
Discussion Pages
|
Plugin
|
Threaded
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Structured Data |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Links | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
| CamelCase |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Features | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
Plugin
|
Some
|
All
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Optional
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
Optional
|
Perl
|
plugins, templates, PHP
|
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Usability | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Analysis |
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Output | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PDF Export |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Embedded Video |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
Keywords
|
Filenames only
|
No
|
Contents
|
| Extras | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | MediaWiki | Oddmuse | PhpWiki | TWiki |
| Internal Link |
[[a link]] [[a link|with title]] |
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 ] |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
| External Link |
[http://example.org The title] |
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://twiki.org/ autolink [[http://twiki.org/][label]] |
| Headlines |
==Section== ===Subsection=== ====Sub-subsection==== |
Depending on plugins: ## two ### three == two == === three == section ======= subsection ---------- |
!!!Headline1 !!Headline2 !Headline3 |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
| Bold Format |
'''bold''' |
Depending on plugins: *bold* **bold* '''bold''' |
*bold* or <strong>bold</strong> |
*bold* |
| Italics Format |
''italic'' |
Depending on plugins: *italic* /italic/ //italic// ''italic'' |
_italics_ or or <em>italics</em> |
_italic_ |
| Underline Format |
<u>underlined</u> |
Depending on plugins: _underline_ __underline__ |
<u>underlined</u> |
<u>underline</u> |
| Monospace Format |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
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> |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
| Strikethrough Format |
<s>strikethrough</s> |
via bbCode plugin: [s]strike through[/s] |
<strike>striked through</strike> |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
via bbCode plugin: [sup]superscript[/sup] |
<sup>above</sup> |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
via bbCode plugin: [sub]subscript[/sub] |
<sub>below</sub> |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
| Images |
[[Image:wiki.png]] |
http://example.com/pic.jpg Depending on plugins: [[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants  |
[ 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 |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png http://any.domain/image.png |
| Aligning Text |
<center>Centered</center> |
no example known |
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?> or <div align="right"> right </div> |
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
| Text Indentation |
: indented line |
Depending on plugins: > text [quote] text [/quote] : one :: two |
;: left indent ;;: more left indent or paragraph and another level |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.2 * Item 2 |
* one ** two |
* list or - list |
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.2 # Item 2 |
Depending on plugins: 1. one 2. two # one ## two |
# list |
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
; term : definition |
Depending on plugins: ; term: definition |
Term:<def> def |
$ Term: Definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
Depending on plugins: ---- |
---- |
--- |
| remove MediaWiki | remove Oddmuse | remove PhpWiki | remove TWiki |