Oddmuse vs. ProntoWiki vs. SubWiki vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
Version
2.3.13
1.0.1
0.1-dev
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2026-06-04 (today)
no official
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
Alex Schroeder
Clay Alberty
Greg Stein
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
Academic Free License
GPLv2
Programming Language
Perl
C#
Python
JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Database
RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
free
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Mature
Intended Audience
family people, hackers
Advanced End Users
System Requirements Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
Anything supported by Perl
Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything supporting CGI scripts
IIS 5+
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Unknown
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Unknown
No
No
Oracle
No
Unknown
No
No
SQLite
No
Unknown
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
No
RCS
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Other
No
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
No
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
.NET Membership platform
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
Optional
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
88 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
No
Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Yes
Special Features Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
2
English, Italian
Email notification
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
No
No
Categories
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
No
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Features Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
None
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
none
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Markdown Support
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Optional
No
Plugin
Quoting
Optional
Optional
No
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
No
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
Perl
None
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Usability Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
No
No
Statistics Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Optional
No
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Unknown
Output Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Unknown
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Extras Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
No
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Oddmuse ProntoWiki SubWiki Wiki on a Stick
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
[pagename]
[[WoaS test page]]
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
{title|url}
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
!, !!, !!!
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
'''bold'''
*bold text*
Italics Format
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
''italics''
''italic''
/italics text/
Underline Format
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__under__
N/A
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{monospaced}}
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
N/A
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
<<super>> (using custom tags)
N/A
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
N/A
Images
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
no example known
available through custom tags
N/A
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* one
** two
+
++
+++
++++
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
#
##
###
####
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
N/A
Horizontal Rule
Depending on plugins:
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