Oddmuse vs. PhpWiki vs. PmWiki vs. Zim

General Features Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
Version
2.3.13
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.5.4
0.56
Last Release Date
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2025-12-06 (10 days ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2025-12-06 (10 days ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Alex Schroeder
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL2+
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
family people, hackers
Any
All
Private users, small teams
System Requirements Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
Operating System
Anything supported by Perl
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
None
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
various opt. helpers
none
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Other
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
File permissions
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
No
Development/Support Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
88 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
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 Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
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
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Patch
Yes
No
Links Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Perl
plugins, templates, PHP
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
Section Editing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
No
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
No
Extras Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki Zim
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
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
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://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
**bold**
Italics Format
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
{+underlined+}
__underline__
Monospace Format
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>


@@monospace@@
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
<strike>striked through</strike>
{-strikethrough-}
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
<sup>above</sup>
'^superscript^'
^{sup}
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
<sub>below</sub>
'_subscript_'
_{sub}
Images
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
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
no example known
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
not implemented
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* one
** two
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Term:<def>
def
: term : definition
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
Depending on plugins:
----
----
----
not implemented
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