Oddmuse vs. UseMod vs. PageWork

General Features Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
Version
2.3.13
1.2.2
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2018-09-04 (8 years ago)
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
2010-07-20 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
Alex Schroeder
Clifford Adams
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPLv3
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
family people, hackers
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
Operating System
Anything supported by Perl
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Any
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Patch
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
RCS
No
No
No
Other
No
No
Security/Anti-Spam Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
Proprietary
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Patch
Yes
Blacklist
Optional
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Development/Support Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
89 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
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
No
Yes
Special Features Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
2
German, English
Email notification
Plugin
Unknown
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Links Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Image Links
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
All
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple
CREOLE support
Plugin
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Optional
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Optional
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Plugin
Scripting
Perl
None
Content Includes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Usability Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
No
Statistics Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Optional
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
No
Plugin
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
File Attachments
Optional
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Keywords
Extras Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Oddmuse UseMod PageWork
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
----------
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

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

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

[quote]
text
[/quote]

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

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