PageWork vs. Oddmuse vs. UseMod

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

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

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

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
http://url.com/pic.gif
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
no example known
N/A
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
: indented
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* one
** two
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

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