MediaWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. PhpWiki vs. TWiki vs. Wicked

General Features MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki Wicked
Version
1.45.3
2.3.13
phpwiki-1.3.14
TWiki-6.1.0
2.0.8
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)
2017-09-21 (8 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)
2018-10-15 (7 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
The Horde Project
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL 2
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
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 Wicked
Operating System
*nix, Windows, Mac OS X
Anything supported by Perl
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Any
Root Access
No
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
Any
Other Requirements
none
Writable data directory
various opt. helpers
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Text_Wiki from PEAR
Datastorage MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki Wicked
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Other
No
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
None
Security/Anti-Spam MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki Wicked
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
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
25 different backends
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki Wicked
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
N/A
1 ⭐
Common Features MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki Wicked
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki Wicked
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
No
No
Yes
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
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
Email notification
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Yes
No
Links MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki Wicked
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Features MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki Wicked
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Some
All
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Optional
Perl
plugins, templates, PHP
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
No
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Usability MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki Wicked
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki Wicked
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Analysis
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Output MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki Wicked
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki Wicked
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Keywords
Filenames only
No
Contents
No
Extras MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki Wicked
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples MediaWiki Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki Wicked
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]]
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
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]]
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
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
+ Level 1 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
Bold Format
'''bold'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
*bold*
**bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
_italic_
//italics//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
@@+++ underline @@
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>
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
<strike>striked through</strike>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
@@--- strikethrough @@
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
![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
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
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
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
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
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
Definition Lists
; term : definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Term:<def>
def
$ Term: Definition
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
Horizontal Rule
----
Depending on plugins:
----
----
---
----
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