Oddmuse vs. BookStack

General Features Oddmuse BookStack
Version
2.3.13
v21.12.1
Last Release Date
2018-09-04 (8 years ago)
2022-01-06 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2022-01-08 (4 years ago)
Author
Alex Schroeder
Dan Brown
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MIT
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
family people, hackers
Small to mid-size groups and businesses
System Requirements Oddmuse BookStack
Operating System
Anything supported by Perl
Linux, Windows and Unix variants
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, Nginx or others with PHP support
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
Command-line access, PHP7.3+
Datastorage Oddmuse BookStack
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
No
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Oddmuse BookStack
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
SAML2, LDAP, OIDC, ActiveDirectory, Google, GitHub, GitLab, AzureAD, Slack and more
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support Oddmuse BookStack
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
89 ⭐
19080 ⭐
Common Features Oddmuse BookStack
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
No
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features Oddmuse BookStack
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lettish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Plugin
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Optional
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
No
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Links Oddmuse BookStack
CamelCase
Optional
No
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Syntax Features Oddmuse BookStack
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Optional
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Scripting
Perl
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability Oddmuse BookStack
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Statistics Oddmuse BookStack
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
No
Output Oddmuse BookStack
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Office Export
No
No
Media and Files Oddmuse BookStack
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Optional
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras Oddmuse BookStack
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
No
Presentations
No
No
Forums
No
No
Blogs
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
No
No
Syntax Examples Oddmuse BookStack
Internal Link
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
External Link
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Headlines
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
Aligning Text
no example known
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* one
** two
Numbered Lists
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
Depending on plugins:
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