PhpWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.3.13
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (19 years ago)
2018-09-04 (8 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Alex Schroeder
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
MPL-2.0
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
Free!
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
family people, hackers
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Anything supported by Perl
Linux / Windows
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Anything PHP enabled
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
Writable data directory
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
A common browser
Datastorage PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
No
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
No
n/a
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
None (use your web server instead)
None yet
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Development/Support PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
89 ⭐
206 ⭐
8642 ⭐
Common Features PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Structured Data
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Links PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
Perl
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Statistics PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Output PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Keywords
No
Extras PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Forums
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
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
[[Internal Link]]s
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
# Headline
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**bold text**
''bold''
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
_italics_
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
`code text`
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
~~strikethough text~~
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
sometext^superscript^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
sometext~subscript~
~~subscript~~
Images
[ 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
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

no example known
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
> Blockquote
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* one
** two
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# list
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
1. A
2. B
3. C
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
Depending on plugins:
----
-------
----
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