Oddmuse vs. PageWork vs. UseMod

General Features Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
Version
2.3.13
0.4.8
1.2.2
Last Release Date
2018-09-04 (8 years ago)
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
Author
Alex Schroeder
Pitt Murmann
Clifford Adams
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPLv3
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
free
none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
family people, hackers
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
Operating System
Anything supported by Perl
Any
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Any
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Patch
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
No
No
Security/Anti-Spam Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
Proprietary
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
Yes
Patch
Blacklist
Optional
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
Development/Support Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
89 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
German, English
0
Email notification
Plugin
No
Unknown
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Links Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Image Links
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Optional
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Optional
No
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Plugin
No
Scripting
Perl
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Usability Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
No
Statistics Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Optional
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
No
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
Filenames only
Keywords
No
Extras Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Oddmuse PageWork UseMod
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
[[link]]
[[link|alternate 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
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Headlines
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
Bold Format
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
'''bold'''
Italics Format
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
''italic''
Underline Format
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
This is __underlined__.
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
This is %%monospaced%%.
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
Strikethrough Format
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
This is --not-- important.
N/A
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
http://url.com/pic.gif
Aligning Text
no example known
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
N/A
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
: indented
Bulleted Lists
* one
** two
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
: term : definition
;Term:Definition
Horizontal Rule
Depending on plugins:
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