Oddmuse vs. PhpWiki vs. TWiki vs. UseMod

General Features Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki UseMod
Version
2.3.13
phpwiki-1.3.14
TWiki-6.1.0
1.2.2
Last Release Date
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
Author
Alex Schroeder
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Clifford Adams
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
family people, hackers
Any
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki UseMod
Operating System
Anything supported by Perl
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
various opt. helpers
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki UseMod
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
No
Other
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
No
Security/Anti-Spam Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki UseMod
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
Unknown
nofollow
No
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Patch
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki UseMod
# 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 TWiki UseMod
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
No
Special Features Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki UseMod
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
No
Unknown
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
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Threaded
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Links Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki UseMod
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Links
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki UseMod
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Perl
plugins, templates, PHP
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Usability Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki UseMod
Section Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Patch
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki UseMod
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Patch
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Output Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki UseMod
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki UseMod
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
No
Extras Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki UseMod
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Oddmuse PhpWiki TWiki 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
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
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://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
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 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
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>
<u>underline</u>
<u>underline</u>
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>


=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
Strikethrough Format
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
<strike>striked through</strike>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
N/A
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
<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
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
http://url.com/pic.gif
Aligning Text
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
N/A
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

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

or 
paragraph
and another level 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
: indented
Bulleted Lists
* one
** two
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# list
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Term:<def>
def
$ Term: Definition
;Term:Definition
Horizontal Rule
Depending on plugins:
----
----
---
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