Oddmuse vs. ikiwiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2.3.13
2.67
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Alex Schroeder
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
family people, hackers
Anyone
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Anything supported by Perl
Any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Any, or none
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
A common browser
Datastorage Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
88 ⭐
N/A
8590 ⭐
Common Features Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Links Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Links
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
Perl
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Plugin
Statistics Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Extras Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Oddmuse ikiwiki TiddlyWiki
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
[[internal]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
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
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
Italics Format
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
Underline Format
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
~~subscript~~
Images
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
no example known
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* one
** two
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
Depending on plugins:
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
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